diff --git a/system/options.nix b/system/options.nix
index a7ab7dee979..8cbd1171db7 100644
--- a/system/options.nix
+++ b/system/options.nix
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@
         description = "
           Use the trivial Mail Transfer Agent (MTA)
           <command>ssmtp</command> package to allow programs to send
-          e-mail.  If you don't want to run a “real” MTA like
+          e-mail.  If you don't want to run a ``real'' MTA like
           <command>sendmail</command> or <command>postfix</command> on
           your machine, set this option to <literal>true</literal>, and
           set the option
@@ -1358,7 +1358,7 @@ root        ALL=(ALL) SETENV: ALL
       default = false;
       description = "
         Whether to add the fonts provided by Ghostscript (such as
-        various URW fonts and the “Base-14” Postscript fonts) to the
+        various URW fonts and the ``Base-14'' Postscript fonts) to the
         list of system fonts, making them available to X11
         applications.
       ";
diff --git a/system/system.nix b/system/system.nix
index 4ae2f091456..e5d3ca618f7 100644
--- a/system/system.nix
+++ b/system/system.nix
@@ -344,5 +344,5 @@ rec {
     ];
     configurationName = config.boot.configurationName;
   }) (pkgs.getConfig ["checkConfigurationOptions"] false) 
-	config.declarations configuration ;
+	optionDeclarations configuration ;
 }