diff --git a/sys-kernel/genkernel/genkernel-4.0.0_beta4.ebuild b/sys-kernel/genkernel/genkernel-4.0.0_beta4.ebuild
index 4c0aaf7bbfd83..64a7193dc7da9 100644
--- a/sys-kernel/genkernel/genkernel-4.0.0_beta4.ebuild
+++ b/sys-kernel/genkernel/genkernel-4.0.0_beta4.ebuild
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ pkg_postinst() {
 
 		if grep -q -E "^CMD_CALLBACK=.*emerge.*@module-rebuild" "${gk_config}" 2>/dev/null ; then
 			elog ""
-			elog "Please remove `emerge @module-rebuild` from genkernel config"
+			elog "Please remove 'emerge @module-rebuild' from genkernel config"
 			elog "file (${gk_config}) and make use of new MODULEREBUILD option"
 			elog "instead."
 		fi
diff --git a/sys-kernel/genkernel/genkernel-9999.ebuild b/sys-kernel/genkernel/genkernel-9999.ebuild
index 4c0aaf7bbfd83..64a7193dc7da9 100644
--- a/sys-kernel/genkernel/genkernel-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sys-kernel/genkernel/genkernel-9999.ebuild
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ pkg_postinst() {
 
 		if grep -q -E "^CMD_CALLBACK=.*emerge.*@module-rebuild" "${gk_config}" 2>/dev/null ; then
 			elog ""
-			elog "Please remove `emerge @module-rebuild` from genkernel config"
+			elog "Please remove 'emerge @module-rebuild' from genkernel config"
 			elog "file (${gk_config}) and make use of new MODULEREBUILD option"
 			elog "instead."
 		fi