--- a/lib/obstack.h
+++ b/lib/obstack.h
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@
 stack is of mature, fixed size and fixed address objects.
 
 These routines grab large chunks of memory, using a function you
-supply, called `obstack_chunk_alloc'.  On occasion, they free chunks,
-by calling `obstack_chunk_free'.  You must define them and declare
+supply, called 'obstack_chunk_alloc'.  On occasion, they free chunks,
+by calling 'obstack_chunk_free'.  You must define them and declare
 them before using any obstack macros.
 
-Each independent stack is represented by a `struct obstack'.
+Each independent stack is represented by a 'struct obstack'.
 Each of the obstack macros expects a pointer to such a structure
 as the first argument.
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
         Exactly one object is growing in an obstack at any one time.
         You can run one obstack per control block.
         You may have as many control blocks as you dare.
-        Because of the way we do it, you can `unwind' an obstack
+        Because of the way we do it, you can "unwind" an obstack
           back to a previous state. (You may remove objects much
           as you would with a stack.)
 */
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
     void *tempptr;
   } temp;                       /* Temporary for some macros.  */
   int   alignment_mask;         /* Mask of alignment for each object. */
-  /* These prototypes vary based on `use_extra_arg', and we use
+  /* These prototypes vary based on 'use_extra_arg', and we use
      casts to the prototypeless function type in all assignments,
      but having prototypes here quiets -Wstrict-prototypes.  */
   struct _obstack_chunk *(*chunkfun) (void *, long);
@@ -193,13 +193,13 @@
 extern void __obstack_free (struct obstack *obstack, void *block);
 
 
-/* Error handler called when `obstack_chunk_alloc' failed to allocate
+/* Error handler called when 'obstack_chunk_alloc' failed to allocate
    more memory.  This can be set to a user defined function which
    should either abort gracefully or use longjump - but shouldn't
    return.  The default action is to print a message and abort.  */
 extern void (*obstack_alloc_failed_handler) (void);
 
-/* Exit value used when `print_and_abort' is used.  */
+/* Exit value used when 'print_and_abort' is used.  */
 extern int obstack_exit_failure;
 
 /* Pointer to beginning of object being allocated or to be allocated next.
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@
 /* For GNU C, if not -traditional,
    we can define these macros to compute all args only once
    without using a global variable.
-   Also, we can avoid using the `temp' slot, to make faster code.  */
+   Also, we can avoid using the 'temp' slot, to make faster code.  */
 
 # define obstack_object_size(OBSTACK)                                   \
   __extension__                                                         \