diff --git a/docs/content.rst b/docs/content.rst
index 12bd887f..b4292e69 100644
--- a/docs/content.rst
+++ b/docs/content.rst
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ via the ``keywords`` metadata, as is standard in HTML. The two can be used
 interchangeably.
 
 Note that, aside from the title, none of this article metadata is mandatory:
-if the date is not specified and ``DEFAULT_DATE`` is set to ``fs``, Pelican
+if the date is not specified and ``DEFAULT_DATE`` is set to ``'fs'``, Pelican
 will rely on the file's "mtime" timestamp, and the category can be determined
 by the directory in which the file resides. For example, a file located at
 ``python/foobar/myfoobar.rst`` will have a category of ``foobar``. If you would
diff --git a/docs/settings.rst b/docs/settings.rst
index 02f4359f..a0a41c29 100644
--- a/docs/settings.rst
+++ b/docs/settings.rst
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Setting name (followed by default value, if any)
                                                                                  template. Templates may or not honor this
                                                                                  setting.
 ``DEFAULT_DATE = None``                                                          The default date you want to use.
-                                                                                 If ``fs``, Pelican will use the file system
+                                                                                 If ``'fs'``, Pelican will use the file system
                                                                                  timestamp information (mtime) if it can't get
                                                                                  date information from the metadata.
                                                                                  If set to a tuple object, the default datetime object will instead