diff --git a/docs/man/nng_stat.5.adoc b/docs/man/nng_stat.5.adoc
index e0ada32db..218bafb25 100644
--- a/docs/man/nng_stat.5.adoc
+++ b/docs/man/nng_stat.5.adoc
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ This collection process is generally performed in a way to minimize impact
 to running operations, but there is still some impact caused by collection
 of statistics.
 
-The time when a statistic`'s value is captured can be obtained using
+The time when a statistic's value is captured can be obtained using
 xref:nng_stat_timestamp.3.adoc[`nng_stat_timestamp()`], which is useful for
 measuring rates of change in certain statistics.
 
diff --git a/docs/man/nng_stat_name.3.adoc b/docs/man/nng_stat_name.3.adoc
index c7a3f1bf2..bf2fd3c76 100644
--- a/docs/man/nng_stat_name.3.adoc
+++ b/docs/man/nng_stat_name.3.adoc
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ const char *nng_stat_name(nng_stat *stat);
 
 The `nng_stat_name()` function returns the name for the statistic _stat_.
 
-NOTE: The global root statistic will have the empty string ("") as it`'s name.
+NOTE: The global root statistic will have the empty string ("") as it's name.
 
 == RETURN VALUES