diff --git a/doc/jemalloc.xml.in b/doc/jemalloc.xml.in
index 22b3d803..747cc071 100644
--- a/doc/jemalloc.xml.in
+++ b/doc/jemalloc.xml.in
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@
       <para>The <function>mallctlnametomib()</function> function
       provides a way to avoid repeated name lookups for applications that
       repeatedly query the same portion of the namespace, by translating a name
-      to a &ldquo;Management Information Base&rdquo; (MIB) that can be passed
+      to a <quote>Management Information Base</quote> (MIB) that can be passed
       repeatedly to <function>mallctlbymib()</function>.  Upon
       successful return from <function>mallctlnametomib()</function>,
       <parameter>mibp</parameter> contains an array of
@@ -415,20 +415,21 @@ for (i = 0; i < nbins; i++) {
       function pointer and <parameter>cbopaque</parameter> data passed to
       <parameter>write_cb</parameter>, or <function>malloc_message()</function>
       if <parameter>write_cb</parameter> is <constant>NULL</constant>.  The
-      statistics are presented in human-readable form unless "J" is specified as
-      a character within the <parameter>opts</parameter> string, in which case
-      the statistics are presented in <ulink url="http://www.json.org/">JSON
-      format</ulink>.  This function can be called repeatedly.  General
-      information that never changes during execution can be omitted by
-      specifying "g" as a character within the <parameter>opts</parameter>
-      string.  Note that <function>malloc_message()</function> uses the
+      statistics are presented in human-readable form unless <quote>J</quote> is
+      specified as a character within the <parameter>opts</parameter> string, in
+      which case the statistics are presented in <ulink
+      url="http://www.json.org/">JSON format</ulink>.  This function can be
+      called repeatedly.  General information that never changes during
+      execution can be omitted by specifying <quote>g</quote> as a character
+      within the <parameter>opts</parameter> string.  Note that
+      <function>malloc_message()</function> uses the
       <function>mallctl*()</function> functions internally, so inconsistent
       statistics can be reported if multiple threads use these functions
       simultaneously.  If <option>--enable-stats</option> is specified during
-      configuration, &ldquo;m&rdquo; and &ldquo;a&rdquo; can be specified to
-      omit merged arena and per arena statistics, respectively; &ldquo;b&rdquo;
-      and &ldquo;l&rdquo; can be specified to omit per size class statistics for
-      bins and large objects, respectively.  Unrecognized characters are
+      configuration, <quote>m</quote> and <quote>a</quote> can be specified to
+      omit merged arena and per arena statistics, respectively; <quote>b</quote>
+      and <quote>l</quote> can be specified to omit per size class statistics
+      for bins and large objects, respectively.  Unrecognized characters are
       silently ignored.  Note that thread caching may prevent some statistics
       from being completely up to date, since extra locking would be required to
       merge counters that track thread cache operations.</para>
@@ -454,7 +455,7 @@ for (i = 0; i < nbins; i++) {
 
     <para>The string specified via <option>--with-malloc-conf</option>, the
     string pointed to by the global variable <varname>malloc_conf</varname>, the
-    &ldquo;name&rdquo; of the file referenced by the symbolic link named
+    <quote>name</quote> of the file referenced by the symbolic link named
     <filename class="symlink">/etc/malloc.conf</filename>, and the value of the
     environment variable <envar>MALLOC_CONF</envar>, will be interpreted, in
     that order, from left to right as options.  Note that
@@ -891,12 +892,12 @@ for (i = 0; i < nbins; i++) {
         settings are supported if
         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sbrk</refentrytitle>
         <manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry> is supported by the operating
-        system: &ldquo;disabled&rdquo;, &ldquo;primary&rdquo;, and
-        &ldquo;secondary&rdquo;; otherwise only &ldquo;disabled&rdquo; is
-        supported.  The default is &ldquo;secondary&rdquo; if
+        system: <quote>disabled</quote>, <quote>primary</quote>, and
+        <quote>secondary</quote>; otherwise only <quote>disabled</quote> is
+        supported.  The default is <quote>secondary</quote> if
         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sbrk</refentrytitle>
         <manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry> is supported by the operating
-        system; &ldquo;disabled&rdquo; otherwise.
+        system; <quote>disabled</quote> otherwise.
         </para></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
@@ -963,15 +964,16 @@ for (i = 0; i < nbins; i++) {
           <literal>r-</literal>
           [<option>--enable-fill</option>]
         </term>
-        <listitem><para>Junk filling.  If set to "alloc", each byte of
-        uninitialized allocated memory will be initialized to
-        <literal>0xa5</literal>.  If set to "free", all deallocated memory will
-        be initialized to <literal>0x5a</literal>.  If set to "true", both
-        allocated and deallocated memory will be initialized, and if set to
-        "false", junk filling be disabled entirely.  This is intended for
-        debugging and will impact performance negatively.  This option is
-        "false" by default unless <option>--enable-debug</option> is specified
-        during configuration, in which case it is "true" by
+        <listitem><para>Junk filling.  If set to <quote>alloc</quote>, each byte
+        of uninitialized allocated memory will be initialized to
+        <literal>0xa5</literal>.  If set to <quote>free</quote>, all deallocated
+        memory will be initialized to <literal>0x5a</literal>.  If set to
+        <quote>true</quote>, both allocated and deallocated memory will be
+        initialized, and if set to <quote>false</quote>, junk filling be
+        disabled entirely.  This is intended for debugging and will impact
+        performance negatively.  This option is <quote>false</quote> by default
+        unless <option>--enable-debug</option> is specified during
+        configuration, in which case it is <quote>true</quote> by
         default.</para></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
@@ -2445,7 +2447,7 @@ MAPPED_LIBRARIES:
     of run-time assertions that catch application errors such as double-free,
     write-after-free, etc.</para>
 
-    <para>Programs often accidentally depend on &ldquo;uninitialized&rdquo;
+    <para>Programs often accidentally depend on <quote>uninitialized</quote>
     memory actually being filled with zero bytes.  Junk filling
     (see the <link linkend="opt.junk"><mallctl>opt.junk</mallctl></link>
     option) tends to expose such bugs in the form of obviously incorrect
@@ -2480,7 +2482,7 @@ MAPPED_LIBRARIES:
     this function is likely to result in a crash or deadlock.</para>
 
     <para>All messages are prefixed by
-    &ldquo;<computeroutput>&lt;jemalloc&gt;: </computeroutput>&rdquo;.</para>
+    <quote><computeroutput>&lt;jemalloc&gt;: </computeroutput></quote>.</para>
   </refsect1>
   <refsect1 id="return_values">
     <title>RETURN VALUES</title>
@@ -2666,9 +2668,9 @@ malloc_conf = "narenas:1";]]></programlisting></para>
     <function>calloc()</function>,
     <function>realloc()</function>, and
     <function>free()</function> functions conform to ISO/IEC
-    9899:1990 (&ldquo;ISO C90&rdquo;).</para>
+    9899:1990 (<quote>ISO C90</quote>).</para>
 
     <para>The <function>posix_memalign()</function> function conforms
-    to IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (&ldquo;POSIX.1&rdquo;).</para>
+    to IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (<quote>POSIX.1</quote>).</para>
   </refsect1>
 </refentry>
diff --git a/doc/stylesheet.xsl b/doc/stylesheet.xsl
index bc8bc2a9..619365d8 100644
--- a/doc/stylesheet.xsl
+++ b/doc/stylesheet.xsl
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
     <xsl:call-template name="inline.monoseq"/>
   </xsl:template>
   <xsl:template match="mallctl">
-    "<xsl:call-template name="inline.monoseq"/>"
+    <quote><xsl:call-template name="inline.monoseq"/></quote>
   </xsl:template>
 </xsl:stylesheet>