diff --git a/gtk/gtkrecentchoosermenu.c b/gtk/gtkrecentchoosermenu.c
index d3ca056d9e..0f451d5143 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkrecentchoosermenu.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkrecentchoosermenu.c
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ gtk_recent_chooser_menu_set_current_uri (GtkRecentChooser  *chooser,
     {
       g_set_error (error, GTK_RECENT_CHOOSER_ERROR,
       		   GTK_RECENT_CHOOSER_ERROR_NOT_FOUND,
-      		   _("No recently used resource found with URI `%s'"),
+                   _("No recently used resource found with URI '%s'"),
       		   uri);
     }
   
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ gtk_recent_chooser_menu_select_uri (GtkRecentChooser  *chooser,
     {
       g_set_error (error, GTK_RECENT_CHOOSER_ERROR,
       		   GTK_RECENT_CHOOSER_ERROR_NOT_FOUND,
-      		   _("No recently used resource found with URI `%s'"),
+                   _("No recently used resource found with URI '%s'"),
       		   uri);
       return FALSE;
     }