diff --git a/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-option.sh b/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-option.sh
index 76db778da27a..4560e9c7403a 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-option.sh
+++ b/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-option.sh
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ else
     escapeQuotes () { eval echo "$1"; }
     nixMap escapeQuotes "$names"
   else
-    echo 1>&2 "An error occurred while looking for attribute names. Are you sure that \`$option' exists?"
+    echo 1>&2 "An error occurred while looking for attribute names. Are you sure that '$option' exists?"
   fi
 fi