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@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Or, on OpenBSD:
 
 Generate password using default settings: at lease one digit, at least one lower
 case letter, at least one upper case letter, at least one symbol from the set
-'_-=+<>,.!@#$%^&*', and a length of 24 characters.
+`_-=+<>,.!@#$%^&*`, and a length of 24 characters.
 
 ## Examples
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ or, more compact:
 
 `pw -l1 -u2 -d3 -s4 -c20`
 
-The same, but now with symbols chosen from the set '+', '-', '=', and '@':
+The same, but now with symbols chosen from the set `+-=@`:
 
 `pw -l1 -u2 -d3 -s4 -c20 -S '+-=@'`