diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 962cfe58d10..722b0da696b 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -20,19 +20,19 @@ with a prefix argument or by typing 'C-u C-h C-n'.
 
 ** To install the Emacs binary in a non-standard directory, use '--bindir='.
 If you install Emacs in a way that places the Emacs executable file in
-a directory other than ${prefix}/bin, you will now need to specify
+a directory other than "${prefix}/bin", you will now need to specify
 that at configure time, if you build Emacs with native-compilation
 support.  To this end, add the '--bindir=DIRECTORY' switch to the
 command line of the 'configure' script, where DIRECTORY is the
-directory in which you will install the executable file 'emacs'.  This
-is required even if you place a symlink under ${prefix}/bin that
+directory in which you will install the executable file "emacs".  This
+is required even if you place a symlink under "${prefix}/bin" that
 points to the real executable file in some other DIRECTORY.
 
 It is no longer enough to specify 'bindir=DIRECTORY' on the command
 line of the "make install" command.
 
 The reason for this new requirement is that Emacs needs to locate at
-startup the directory with its '*.eln' natively-compiled files for the
+startup the directory with its "*.eln" natively-compiled files for the
 preloaded Lisp packages, and the relative name of that directory needs
 therefore to be recorded in the executable as part of the build.