--- a/doc/hgignore.5.txt	Tue Jun 09 21:51:34 2009 -0400
+++ b/doc/hgignore.5.txt	Thu Jun 11 17:16:04 2009 +0200
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@
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 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 is treated as
+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
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@
 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
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