diff --git a/scripts/powerline-config b/scripts/powerline-config
index d64939e4..a627eded 100755
--- a/scripts/powerline-config
+++ b/scripts/powerline-config
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 		choices=tuple(TMUX_ACTIONS.values()),
 		metavar='action',
 		type=(lambda v: TMUX_ACTIONS.get(v)),
-		help='If action is "source" then version-specific tmux configuration files are sourced.'
+		help='If action is `source\' then version-specific tmux configuration files are sourced.'
 	)
 
 	shell_parser = subparsers.add_parser('shell', help='Shell-specific commands')
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 		choices=tuple(SHELL_ACTIONS.values()),
 		type=(lambda v: SHELL_ACTIONS.get(v)),
 		metavar='action',
-		help='If action is "command" then preferred powerline command is output, if it is “uses” then powerline-config script will exit with 1 if specified component is disabled and 0 otherwise.',
+		help='If action is `command\' then preferred powerline command is output, if it is `uses\' then powerline-config script will exit with 1 if specified component is disabled and 0 otherwise.',
 	)
 	shell_parser.add_argument(
 		'component',