diff --git a/doc/manual/release-notes.xml b/doc/manual/release-notes.xml
index 44762d1d6..8eb59ab49 100644
--- a/doc/manual/release-notes.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/release-notes.xml
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
   case where the attribute name is just a single antiquotation,
   the quotes can be dropped (e.g. the above example can be written
   <literal>set.${foo}</literal>). If an attribute name inside of a
-  set declaration evaluates to <literal>"${null}"</literal> (e.g.
-  <literal>{ ${null} = false; }</literal>), then that attribute is not added
+  set declaration evaluates to <literal>null</literal> (e.g.
+  <literal>{ ${null} = false; }</literal>), then that attribute is not
   added to the set.</para></listitem>
 
 </itemizedlist>
diff --git a/doc/manual/writing-nix-expressions.xml b/doc/manual/writing-nix-expressions.xml
index 873dc21a5..5585e89fe 100644
--- a/doc/manual/writing-nix-expressions.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/writing-nix-expressions.xml
@@ -872,7 +872,7 @@ coerced to a string and <literal>456</literal> otherwise (again
 assuming <literal>bar</literal> is antiquotable).</para>
 
 <para>In the special case where an attribute name inside of a set declaration
-evaluates to <literal>"${null}"</literal> (which is normally an error, as
+evaluates to <literal>null</literal> (which is normally an error, as
 <literal>null</literal> is not antiquotable), that attribute is simply not
 added to the set: