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@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ Error logger integration
 Lager is also supplied with a error_logger handler module that translates
 traditional erlang error messages into a friendlier format and sends them into
 lager itself to be treated like a regular lager log call. To disable this, set
-the lager application variable `error_logger_redirect' to `false'.
+the lager application variable `error_logger_redirect` to `false`.
 
 The error_logger handler will also log more complete error messages (protected
 with use of trunc_io) to a "crash log" which can be referred to for further