diff --git a/lisp/font-lock.el b/lisp/font-lock.el
index 4c519ede88a..8103131315e 100644
--- a/lisp/font-lock.el
+++ b/lisp/font-lock.el
@@ -309,86 +309,86 @@ If a number, only buffers greater than this size have fontification messages."
 
 (make-obsolete-variable
  'font-lock-comment-face
- "use the quoted symbol instead: \\='font-lock-comment-face" "31.1")
+ "use the quoted symbol instead: 'font-lock-comment-face" "31.1")
 (defvar font-lock-comment-face		'font-lock-comment-face
   "Face name to use for comments.")
 
 (make-obsolete-variable
  'font-lock-comment-delimiter-face
- "use the quoted symbol instead: \\='font-lock-comment-delimiter-face" "31.1")
+ "use the quoted symbol instead: 'font-lock-comment-delimiter-face" "31.1")
 (defvar font-lock-comment-delimiter-face 'font-lock-comment-delimiter-face
   "Face name to use for comment delimiters.")
 
 (make-obsolete-variable
  'font-lock-string-face
- "use the quoted symbol instead: \\='font-lock-string-face" "31.1")
+ "use the quoted symbol instead: 'font-lock-string-face" "31.1")
 (defvar font-lock-string-face		'font-lock-string-face
   "Face name to use for strings.")
 
 (make-obsolete-variable
  'font-lock-doc-face
- "use the quoted symbol instead: \\='font-lock-doc-face" "31.1")
+ "use the quoted symbol instead: 'font-lock-doc-face" "31.1")
 (defvar font-lock-doc-face		'font-lock-doc-face
   "Face name to use for documentation.")
 
 (make-obsolete-variable
  'font-lock-doc-markup-face
- "use the quoted symbol instead: \\='font-lock-doc-markup-face" "31.1")
+ "use the quoted symbol instead: 'font-lock-doc-markup-face" "31.1")
 (defvar font-lock-doc-markup-face       'font-lock-doc-markup-face
   "Face name to use for documentation mark-up.")
 
 (make-obsolete-variable
  'font-lock-keyword-face
- "use the quoted symbol instead: \\='font-lock-keyword-face" "31.1")
+ "use the quoted symbol instead: 'font-lock-keyword-face" "31.1")
 (defvar font-lock-keyword-face		'font-lock-keyword-face
   "Face name to use for keywords.")
 
 (make-obsolete-variable
  'font-lock-builtin-face
- "use the quoted symbol instead: \\='font-lock-builtin-face" "31.1")
+ "use the quoted symbol instead: 'font-lock-builtin-face" "31.1")
 (defvar font-lock-builtin-face		'font-lock-builtin-face
   "Face name to use for builtins.")
 
 (make-obsolete-variable
  'font-lock-function-name-face
- "use the quoted symbol instead: \\='font-lock-function-name-face" "31.1")
+ "use the quoted symbol instead: 'font-lock-function-name-face" "31.1")
 (defvar font-lock-function-name-face	'font-lock-function-name-face
   "Face name to use for function names.")
 
 (make-obsolete-variable
  'font-lock-variable-name-face
- "use the quoted symbol instead: \\='font-lock-variable-name-face" "31.1")
+ "use the quoted symbol instead: 'font-lock-variable-name-face" "31.1")
 (defvar font-lock-variable-name-face	'font-lock-variable-name-face
   "Face name to use for variable names.")
 
 (make-obsolete-variable
  'font-lock-type-face
- "use the quoted symbol instead: \\='font-lock-type-face" "31.1")
+ "use the quoted symbol instead: 'font-lock-type-face" "31.1")
 (defvar font-lock-type-face		'font-lock-type-face
   "Face name to use for type and class names.")
 
 (make-obsolete-variable
  'font-lock-constant-face
- "use the quoted symbol instead: \\='font-lock-constant-face" "31.1")
+ "use the quoted symbol instead: 'font-lock-constant-face" "31.1")
 (defvar font-lock-constant-face		'font-lock-constant-face
   "Face name to use for constant and label names.")
 
 (make-obsolete-variable
  'font-lock-warning-face
- "use the quoted symbol instead: \\='font-lock-warning-face" "31.1")
+ "use the quoted symbol instead: 'font-lock-warning-face" "31.1")
 (defvar font-lock-warning-face		'font-lock-warning-face
   "Face name to use for things that should stand out.")
 
 (make-obsolete-variable
  'font-lock-negation-char-face
- "use the quoted symbol instead: \\='font-lock-negation-char-face" "31.1")
+ "use the quoted symbol instead: 'font-lock-negation-char-face" "31.1")
 (defvar font-lock-negation-char-face	'font-lock-negation-char-face
   "Face name to use for easy to overlook negation.
 This can be an \"!\" or the \"n\" in \"ifndef\".")
 
 (make-obsolete-variable
  'font-lock-preprocessor-face
- "use the quoted symbol instead: \\='font-lock-preprocessor-face" "31.1")
+ "use the quoted symbol instead: 'font-lock-preprocessor-face" "31.1")
 (defvar font-lock-preprocessor-face	'font-lock-preprocessor-face
   "Face name to use for preprocessor directives.")