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diff --git a/doc/make-stds.texi b/doc/make-stds.texi
index db01628..d37b244 100644
--- a/doc/make-stds.texi
+++ b/doc/make-stds.texi
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
@cindex standards for makefiles
@c Copyright 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001,
-@c 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015
+@c Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c
@c Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
@c under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ Autoconf}.
* DESTDIR:: Supporting staged installs.
* Directory Variables:: Variables for installation directories.
* Standard Targets:: Standard targets for users.
-* Install Command Categories:: Three categories of commands in the `install'
+* Install Command Categories:: Three categories of commands in the @samp{install}
rule: normal, pre-install and post-install.
@end menu
@@ -360,7 +361,7 @@ variants of it are used in GNU/Linux and other modern operating
systems.
Installers are expected to override these values when calling
-@command{make} (e.g., @kbd{make prefix=/usr install} or
+@command{make} (e.g., @kbd{make prefix=/usr install}) or
@command{configure} (e.g., @kbd{configure --prefix=/usr}). GNU
packages should not try to guess which value should be appropriate for
these variables on the system they are being installed onto: use the
@@ -685,7 +686,7 @@ prefix = /usr/local
datarootdir = $(prefix)/share
datadir = $(datarootdir)
exec_prefix = $(prefix)
-# Where to put the executable for the command `gcc'.
+# Where to put the executable for the command 'gcc'.
bindir = $(exec_prefix)/bin
# Where to put the directories used by the compiler.
libexecdir = $(exec_prefix)/libexec
@@ -781,9 +782,9 @@ do-install-info: foo.info installdirs
$(INSTALL_DATA) $$d/foo.info \
"$(DESTDIR)$(infodir)/foo.info"
# Run install-info only if it exists.
-# Use `if' instead of just prepending `-' to the
+# Use 'if' instead of just prepending '-' to the
# line so we notice real errors from install-info.
-# Use `$(SHELL) -c' because some shells do not
+# Use '$(SHELL) -c' because some shells do not
# fail gracefully when there is an unknown command.
$(POST_INSTALL)
if $(SHELL) -c 'install-info --version' \