4 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/man2/bind.2 b/man2/bind.2
index 350a2f7e18..5b265e403d 100644
--- a/man2/bind.2
+++ b/man2/bind.2
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ to the socket referred to by the file descriptor
 .I addrlen
 specifies the size, in bytes, of the address structure pointed to by
 .IR addr .
-Traditionally, this operation is called \(lqassigning a name to a socket\(rq.
+Traditionally, this operation is called \[lq]assigning a name to a socket\(rq.
 .PP
 It is normally necessary to assign a local address using
 .BR bind ()
diff --git a/man2/mmap.2 b/man2/mmap.2
index 1ecd8637ce..2df5793dd9 100644
--- a/man2/mmap.2
+++ b/man2/mmap.2
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ Note that older kernels which do not recognize the
 .B MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE
 flag will typically (upon detecting a collision with a preexisting mapping)
 fall back to a
-.RB \(lqnon- MAP_FIXED \(rq
+.RB \[lq]non- MAP_FIXED \(rq
 type of behavior:
 they will return an address that is different from the requested address.
 Therefore, backward-compatible software
diff --git a/man2/prctl.2 b/man2/prctl.2
index 4e55dc55c4..be3be4c568 100644
--- a/man2/prctl.2
+++ b/man2/prctl.2
@@ -998,7 +998,7 @@ data authentication key A
 data authentication key B
 .TP
 .B PR_PAC_APGAKEY
-generic authentication \(lqA\(rq key.
+generic authentication \[lq]A\(rq key.
 .IP
 (Yes folks, there really is no generic B key.)
 .RE
diff --git a/man2/socket.2 b/man2/socket.2
index e42a973445..8c3add0841 100644
--- a/man2/socket.2
+++ b/man2/socket.2
@@ -485,8 +485,8 @@ is shown in
 .BR udp (7),
 .BR unix (7)
 .PP
-\(lqAn Introductory 4.3BSD Interprocess Communication Tutorial\(rq
+\[lq]An Introductory 4.3BSD Interprocess Communication Tutorial\(rq
 and
-\(lqBSD Interprocess Communication Tutorial\(rq,
+\[lq]BSD Interprocess Communication Tutorial\(rq,
 reprinted in
 .I UNIX Programmer's Supplementary Documents Volume 1.