diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 730aff9e079fbd485f307e71a9a00ef8f9b305f3..9b452e17fc0a7090a985fbc6c44951849a07fb31 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 2001-03-22  Colin Howell  <chowell@redhat.com>
 
-	* Makefile.in (DO_X): Do not backslash single-quotes in backquotes.
+	* Makefile.in (DO_X): Do not backslash single-quotes in
+	backquotes (two places).
 
 2001-03-22  Alexandre Oliva  <aoliva@redhat.com>
 
diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 17c9c681a9ba43b39899d5b1babc3cee6635cb2c..e9a8e2192d9cda8e5c030334f06b4add2d38373b 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -986,7 +986,7 @@ $(DO_X):
 	    if (cd $(TARGET_SUBDIR)/$$i; \
 	        $(MAKE) $(BASE_FLAGS_TO_PASS) "AR=$${AR}" "AS=$${AS}" \
 			"CC=$${CC}" "CXX=$${CXX}" "LD=$${LD}" "NM=$${NM}" \
-	                "`echo \"RANLIB=$${RANLIB}\" | sed -e \'s/.*=$$/XFOO=/\'`" \
+	                "`echo \"RANLIB=$${RANLIB}\" | sed -e 's/.*=$$/XFOO=/'`" \
 			"DLLTOOL=$${DLLTOOL}" "WINDRES=$${WINDRES}" \
 			$${target}); \
 	    then true; else exit 1; fi; \