1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/rm.c b/coreutils/rm.c
index 490694a6e..5df7d5f65 100644
--- a/coreutils/rm.c
+++ b/coreutils/rm.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ int rm_main(int argc, char **argv)
                         const char *base = bb_get_last_path_component(*argv);
 
                         if ((base[0] == '.') && (!base[1] || ((base[1] == '.') && !base[2]))) {
-                                bb_error_msg("cannot remove `.' or `..'");
+                                bb_error_msg("cannot remove '.' or '..'");
                         } else if (remove_file(*argv, flags) >= 0) {
                                 continue;
                         }