diff --git a/src/sampleconf/recoll.conf b/src/sampleconf/recoll.conf
index 806cdfd2..a666c64a 100644
--- a/src/sampleconf/recoll.conf
+++ b/src/sampleconf/recoll.conf
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ topdirs = ~
 # directories (names beginning with a dot), which means that it may index
 # quite a few things that you do not want. On the other hand, email user
 # agents like Thunderbird usually store messages in hidden directories, and
-# you probably want this indexed. One possible solution is to have '.*' in
-# 'skippedNames', and add things like '~/.thunderbird' '~/.evolution' to
-# 'topdirs'.  Not even the file names are indexed for patterns in this
-# list, see the 'noContentSuffixes' variable for an alternative approach
+# you probably want this indexed. One possible solution is to have ".*" in
+# "skippedNames", and add things like "~/.thunderbird" "~/.evolution" to
+# "topdirs".  Not even the file names are indexed for patterns in this
+# list, see the "noContentSuffixes" variable for an alternative approach
 # which indexes the file names. Can be redefined for any
 # subtree.</descr></var>
 skippedNames = #* bin CVS  Cache cache* .cache caughtspam tmp \