diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/nix-daemon.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/nix-daemon.nix
index ff0bdf65ced..e98f63f6886 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/nix-daemon.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/nix-daemon.nix
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ in
           user name to be used for the SSH connection
           (<varname>sshUser</varname>), the Nix system type
           (<varname>system</varname>, e.g.,
-          <literal>\"i686-linux\"</literal>), the maximum number of
+          <literal>"i686-linux"</literal>), the maximum number of
           jobs to be run in parallel on that machine
           (<varname>maxJobs</varname>), the path to the SSH private
           key to be used to connect (<varname>sshKey</varname>), a
diff --git a/nixos/modules/tasks/filesystems.nix b/nixos/modules/tasks/filesystems.nix
index 4ca309f5a10..6e3d019ea93 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/tasks/filesystems.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/tasks/filesystems.nix
@@ -95,14 +95,14 @@ in
       options = [ fileSystemOpts ];
       description = ''
         The file systems to be mounted.  It must include an entry for
-        the root directory (<literal>mountPoint = \"/\"</literal>).  Each
+        the root directory (<literal>mountPoint = "/"</literal>).  Each
         entry in the list is an attribute set with the following fields:
         <literal>mountPoint</literal>, <literal>device</literal>,
         <literal>fsType</literal> (a file system type recognised by
         <command>mount</command>; defaults to
-        <literal>\"auto\"</literal>), and <literal>options</literal>
+        <literal>"auto"</literal>), and <literal>options</literal>
         (the mount options passed to <command>mount</command> using the
-        <option>-o</option> flag; defaults to <literal>\"defaults\"</literal>).
+        <option>-o</option> flag; defaults to <literal>"defaults"</literal>).
 
         Instead of specifying <literal>device</literal>, you can also
         specify a volume label (<literal>label</literal>) for file