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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. |