diff --git a/doc/relnotes.md b/doc/relnotes.md
index 3e7d7bea1..46ca79f48 100644
--- a/doc/relnotes.md
+++ b/doc/relnotes.md
@@ -1969,7 +1969,7 @@ Improvements
   medium mathematical space.
 
 - Glob patterns in `$LEDGER_FILE` are now respected.
-  Eg, setting it to `*.journal'` or `2???.journal` now works as expected.
+  Eg, setting it to `*.journal` or `2???.journal` now works as expected.
 
 - When hledger is reading a symbolically-linked journal file,
   relative paths in include directives are now evaluated
diff --git a/hledger/CHANGES.md b/hledger/CHANGES.md
index fb9a02aa1..82836643c 100644
--- a/hledger/CHANGES.md
+++ b/hledger/CHANGES.md
@@ -1238,7 +1238,7 @@ Improvements
   medium mathematical space.
 
 - Glob patterns in `$LEDGER_FILE` are now respected.
-  Eg, setting it to `*.journal'` or `2???.journal` now works as expected.
+  Eg, setting it to `*.journal` or `2???.journal` now works as expected.
 
 - When hledger is reading a symbolically-linked journal file,
   relative paths in include directives are now evaluated