4 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/man7/ddp.7 b/man7/ddp.7
index cec2de3be0..74ba4ee2f7 100644
--- a/man7/ddp.7
+++ b/man7/ddp.7
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ contains the host network in network byte order.
 The value of
 .B AT_ANYNET
 is a
-wildcard and also implies \(lqthis network.\(rq
+wildcard and also implies \[lq]this network.\(rq
 The
 .I node
 member of
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ contains the host node number.
 The value of
 .B AT_ANYNODE
 is a
-wildcard and also implies \(lqthis node.\(rq The value of
+wildcard and also implies \[lq]this node.\(rq The value of
 .B ATADDR_BCAST
 is a link
 local broadcast address.
diff --git a/man7/libc.7 b/man7/libc.7
index 43ec0269f1..47d008b1be 100644
--- a/man7/libc.7
+++ b/man7/libc.7
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
 .SH NAME
 libc \- overview of standard C libraries on Linux
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-The term \(lqlibc\(rq is commonly used as a shorthand for
-the \(lqstandard C library\(rq
+The term \[lq]libc\(rq is commonly used as a shorthand for
+the \[lq]standard C library\(rq
 a library of standard functions that can be used by all C programs
 (and sometimes by programs in other languages).
 Because of some history
 (see below),
-use of the term \(lqlibc\(rq
+use of the term \[lq]libc\(rq
 to refer to the standard C library is somewhat ambiguous on Linux.
 .SS glibc
 By far the most widely used C library on Linux is the
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ there was for a while
 a fork of glibc 1.x created by Linux developers who felt that glibc
 development at the time was not sufficing for the needs of Linux.
 Often,
-this library was referred to (ambiguously) as just \(lqlibc\(rq.
+this library was referred to (ambiguously) as just \[lq]libc\(rq.
 Linux libc released major versions 2, 3, 4, and 5,
 as well as many minor versions of those releases.
 Linux libc4 was the last version to use the a.out binary format,
diff --git a/man7/socket.7 b/man7/socket.7
index c1989b9ee3..6a88133b83 100644
--- a/man7/socket.7
+++ b/man7/socket.7
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ UDP support for this feature is available since Linux 4.5;
 TCP support is available since Linux 4.6.
 .TP
 .B SO_BINDTODEVICE
-Bind this socket to a particular device like \(lqeth0\(rq,
+Bind this socket to a particular device like \[lq]eth0\(rq,
 as specified in the passed interface name.
 If the
 name is an empty string or the option length is zero, the socket device
diff --git a/man7/x25.7 b/man7/x25.7
index 446d314cf5..912a587e1b 100644
--- a/man7/x25.7
+++ b/man7/x25.7
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ if a reset occurred, data might be lost without notice.
 .BR socket (7)
 .PP
 Jonathan Simon Naylor:
-\(lqThe Re-Analysis and Re-Implementation of X.25.\(rq
+\[lq]The Re-Analysis and Re-Implementation of X.25.\(rq
 The URL is
 .UR ftp://ftp.pspt.fi\:/pub\:/ham\:/linux\:/ax25\:/x25doc.tgz
 .UE .