--- a/doc/hgignore.5.txt	Tue Oct 20 22:16:27 2009 +0200
+++ b/doc/hgignore.5.txt	Tue Oct 20 22:43:17 2009 +0200
@@ -43,14 +43,14 @@
 "ui" section.
 
 To control Mercurial's handling of files that it manages, see the
-|hg(1)|_ man page. Look for the "``-I``" and "``-X``" options.
+|hg(1)|_ man page. Look for the ``-I`` and ``-X`` options.
 
 SYNTAX
 ------
 
 An ignore file is a plain text file consisting of a list of patterns,
-with one pattern per line. Empty lines are skipped. The "``#``"
-character is treated as a comment character, and the "``\``" character
+with one pattern per line. Empty lines are skipped. The ``#``
+character is treated as a comment character, and the ``\`` character
 is treated as an escape character.
 
 Mercurial supports several pattern syntaxes. The default syntax used
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@
 follow, until another syntax is selected.
 
 Neither glob nor regexp patterns are rooted. A glob-syntax pattern of
-the form "``*.c``" will match a file ending in "``.c``" in any directory,
-and a regexp pattern of the form "``\.c$``" will do the same. To root a
-regexp pattern, start it with "``^``".
+the form ``*.c`` will match a file ending in ``.c`` in any directory,
+and a regexp pattern of the form ``\.c$`` will do the same. To root a
+regexp pattern, start it with ``^``.
 
 EXAMPLE
 -------