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authorEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2019-02-07 19:49:57 +0200
committerEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2019-02-07 19:49:57 +0200
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* doc/lispref/tips.texi (Documentation Tips): Fix quotes. (Bug#34372)
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diff --git a/doc/lispref/tips.texi b/doc/lispref/tips.texi
index bb701c4930a..d41fe825729 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/tips.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/tips.texi
@@ -679,10 +679,15 @@ starting double-quote is not part of the string!
@cindex curly quotes
@cindex curved quotes
When a documentation string refers to a Lisp symbol, write it as it
-would be printed (which usually means in lower case), surrounding
-it with curved single quotes (@t{‘} and @t{’}). There are
-two exceptions: write @code{t} and @code{nil} without surrounding
-punctuation. For example: @samp{CODE can be ‘lambda’, nil, or t}.
+would be printed (which usually means in lower case), surrounding it
+with curved single quotes (@t{‘..’}). There are two exceptions: write
+@code{t} and @code{nil} without surrounding punctuation. For example:
+
+@example
+ CODE can be ‘lambda’, nil, or t.
+@end example
+
+@noindent
@xref{Quotation Marks,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}, for how to
enter curved single quotes.