diff --git a/rubygem-rdiscount.spec b/rubygem-rdiscount.spec
index 1ce3974..2a1a03b 100644
--- a/rubygem-rdiscount.spec
+++ b/rubygem-rdiscount.spec
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Requires: %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
 Description: RDiscount converts documents in Markdown syntax to HTML.
 
 It uses the excellent Discount processor by David Loren Parsons for this
-purpose, and thereby inherits Discount’s numerous useful extensions to the
+purpose, and thereby inherits Discount's numerous useful extensions to the
 Markdown language.
 
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