diff --git a/contrib/ChangeLog b/contrib/ChangeLog
index 6b9a85aa1462662f8093c88ed354c101c6531810..012dc7b88be6e2965618ce48fe107a4005588f56 100644
--- a/contrib/ChangeLog
+++ b/contrib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-10-21  Bob Wilson  <bob.wilson@acm.org>
+
+	* texi2pod.pl: Convert two single quotes or two backquotes to
+	double quotes.
+
 2005-08-23  Ben Elliston  <bje@au.ibm.com>
 
 	* gcc_update: Update dependencies for libjava/aclocal.m4.
diff --git a/contrib/texi2pod.pl b/contrib/texi2pod.pl
index a22fd4fe692266c908e6cd572625827b4efff599..49953d4f24645dd94135fedf161821a526d8213d 100755
--- a/contrib/texi2pod.pl
+++ b/contrib/texi2pod.pl
@@ -352,6 +352,10 @@ sub postprocess
     # keep references of the form @ref{...}, print them bold
     s/\@(?:ref)\{([^\}]*)\}/B<$1>/g;
 
+    # Change double single quotes to double quotes.
+    s/''/"/g;
+    s/``/"/g;
+
     # Cross references are thrown away, as are @noindent and @refill.
     # (@noindent is impossible in .pod, and @refill is unnecessary.)
     # @* is also impossible in .pod; we discard it and any newline that