diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 139fe637a..57b27ab0a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-08-08  OKUJI Yoshinori  <okuji@gnu.org>
+
+	* util/grub-md5-crypt.in: Prefix backquotes with backslashes in
+	strings.  From Fernando Silveira.
+	
 2001-08-02  Gordon Matzigkeit  <gord@fig.org>
 
 	* stage2/common.c (init_bios_info): Ignore zero-length memory
diff --git a/util/grub-md5-crypt.in b/util/grub-md5-crypt.in
index 45c0529a9..54fb332c0 100644
--- a/util/grub-md5-crypt.in
+++ b/util/grub-md5-crypt.in
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ EOF
 	;;
 
     *)
-	echo "$progname: unrecognized option `$option'"
+	echo "$progname: unrecognized option \`$option'"
 	echo "Usage: $progname [OPTION]"
-	echo "Try `$progname --help' for more information."
+	echo "Try \`$progname --help' for more information."
 	exit 1
 	;;
     esac