diff --git a/lllc/main.cpp b/lllc/main.cpp
index ecd0de99e..06611af0d 100644
--- a/lllc/main.cpp
+++ b/lllc/main.cpp
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ void version()
 }
 
 /*
-The equivalent of setlocale(LC_ALL, “C”) is called before any user code is run.
+The equivalent of setlocale(LC_ALL, "C") is called before any user code is run.
 If the user has an invalid environment setting then it is possible for the call
 to set locale to fail, so there are only two possible actions, the first is to
 throw a runtime exception and cause the program to quit (default behaviour),
diff --git a/solc/main.cpp b/solc/main.cpp
index 11facfa61..260107165 100644
--- a/solc/main.cpp
+++ b/solc/main.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 using namespace std;
 
 /*
-The equivalent of setlocale(LC_ALL, “C”) is called before any user code is run.
+The equivalent of setlocale(LC_ALL, "C") is called before any user code is run.
 If the user has an invalid environment setting then it is possible for the call
 to set locale to fail, so there are only two possible actions, the first is to
 throw a runtime exception and cause the program to quit (default behaviour),