diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/openmpi/nolegacylaunchers.sh b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/openmpi/nolegacylaunchers.sh
index b6defd69f0d2ddb6dfb76a08f268b06f96de4454..61ee50c53dd62e070061a884ad846ba9e5db3fc4 100755
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/openmpi/nolegacylaunchers.sh
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/openmpi/nolegacylaunchers.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ echo "This version of Spack (openmpi ~legacylaunchers schedulers=slurm) "
 echo "is installed without the mpiexec/mpirun commands to prevent "
 echo "unintended performance issues. See https://github.com/spack/spack/pull/10340 "
 echo "for more details."
-echo "If you understand the potential consequences of a misconfigured `mpirun`, you can"
-echo "use spack to install `openmpi+legacylaunchers` to restore the executables."
-echo "Otherwise, use `srun` to launch your MPI executables."
+echo "If you understand the potential consequences of a misconfigured mpirun, you can"
+echo "use spack to install 'openmpi+legacylaunchers' to restore the executables."
+echo "Otherwise, use srun to launch your MPI executables."
 exit 2