diff --git a/scripts/man_show_fixme.sh b/scripts/man_show_fixme.sh
index 70d3fbbe0..98e6ce829 100644
--- a/scripts/man_show_fixme.sh
+++ b/scripts/man_show_fixme.sh
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ for f in $*; do
         fixme == 1 {
 	    sub("^\\...[ ]", "")
 	    sub("^\\...", "")
+	    gsub("'"'"'", "\\(aq")
             if ($0 ~ /^[ 	][ 	]*.*/) {
                 print ".br"
                 sub("^[ 	]*", "    ")