diff --git a/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/core/expressions/evaluation.adoc b/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/core/expressions/evaluation.adoc
index fe76141897..db5494831b 100644
--- a/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/core/expressions/evaluation.adoc
+++ b/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/core/expressions/evaluation.adoc
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Java::
 	Expression exp = parser.parseExpression("'Hello World'"); // <1>
 	String message = (String) exp.getValue();
 ----
-<1> The value of the message variable is `'Hello World'`.
+<1> The value of the message variable is `"Hello World"`.
 
 Kotlin::
 +
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Kotlin::
 	val exp = parser.parseExpression("'Hello World'") // <1>
 	val message = exp.value as String
 ----
-<1> The value of the message variable is `'Hello World'`.
+<1> The value of the message variable is `"Hello World"`.
 ======
 
 The SpEL classes and interfaces you are most likely to use are located in the
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Java::
 	Expression exp = parser.parseExpression("'Hello World'.concat('!')"); // <1>
 	String message = (String) exp.getValue();
 ----
-<1> The value of `message` is now 'Hello World!'.
+<1> The value of `message` is now `"Hello World!"`.
 
 Kotlin::
 +
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ Kotlin::
 	val exp = parser.parseExpression("'Hello World'.concat('!')") // <1>
 	val message = exp.value as String
 ----
-<1> The value of `message` is now 'Hello World!'.
+<1> The value of `message` is now `"Hello World!"`.
 ======
 
 The following example demonstrates how to access the `Bytes` JavaBean property of the
diff --git a/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/core/expressions/language-ref/collection-projection.adoc b/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/core/expressions/language-ref/collection-projection.adoc
index 83f492766d..101fc5cc9f 100644
--- a/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/core/expressions/language-ref/collection-projection.adoc
+++ b/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/core/expressions/language-ref/collection-projection.adoc
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Projection lets a collection drive the evaluation of a sub-expression, and the result is
 a new collection. The syntax for projection is `.![projectionExpression]`. For example,
 suppose we have a list of inventors but want the list of cities where they were born.
-Effectively, we want to evaluate 'placeOfBirth.city' for every entry in the inventor
+Effectively, we want to evaluate `placeOfBirth.city` for every entry in the inventor
 list. The following example uses projection to do so:
 
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