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diff --git a/doc/lispref/objects.texi b/doc/lispref/objects.texi
index f4beca822cd..c7d71d2aba9 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/objects.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/objects.texi
@@ -595,8 +595,8 @@ FOO ; @r{A symbol named @samp{FOO}, different from @samp{foo}.}
@cindex @samp{##} read syntax
@ifinfo
-@c This uses ``colon'' instead of a literal `:' because Info cannot
-@c cope with a `:' in a menu
+@c This uses "colon" instead of a literal ':' because Info cannot
+@c cope with a ':' in a menu.
@cindex @samp{#@var{colon}} read syntax
@end ifinfo
@ifnotinfo
@@ -999,7 +999,7 @@ of a string returns the same string.
The read syntax for a string is a double-quote, an arbitrary number
of characters, and another double-quote, @code{"like this"}. To
include a double-quote in a string, precede it with a backslash; thus,
-@code{"\""} is a string containing just a single double-quote
+@code{"\""} is a string containing just one double-quote
character. Likewise, you can include a backslash by preceding it with
another backslash, like this: @code{"this \\ is a single embedded
backslash"}.