1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/reader.h b/src/reader.h
index e2f8cdb9..0ec48380 100644
--- a/src/reader.h
+++ b/src/reader.h
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ eat_byte_check(SerdReader* reader, const int byte)
 {
   const int c = peek_byte(reader);
   if (c != byte) {
-    r_err(reader, SERD_ERR_BAD_SYNTAX, "expected `%c', not `%c'\n", byte, c);
+    r_err(reader, SERD_ERR_BAD_SYNTAX, "expected '%c', not '%c'\n", byte, c);
     return 0;
   }
   return eat_byte_safe(reader, byte);