diff --git a/doc/api/coding-style.qdoc b/doc/api/coding-style.qdoc
index d067b92ff8c..73cbaf1dfb3 100644
--- a/doc/api/coding-style.qdoc
+++ b/doc/api/coding-style.qdoc
@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@
             \code
             auto something = new MyCustomType;
             auto keyEvent = static_cast<QKeyEvent *>(event);
-            auto myList = QStringList() << QLatin1String(“FooThing”) << QLatin1String(“BarThing”);
+            auto myList = QStringList() << QLatin1String("FooThing") << QLatin1String("BarThing");
             \endcode
 
         \li When assigning iterator types.