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diff --git a/guix/scripts/lint.scm b/guix/scripts/lint.scm
index b3ec6d628e..d6281eae64 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/lint.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/lint.scm
@@ -142,6 +142,10 @@ monad."
"Return #t if S starts with what looks like an abbreviation or acronym."
(string-match "^[A-Z][A-Z0-9]+\\>" s))
+(define %quoted-identifier-rx
+ ;; A quoted identifier, like 'this'.
+ (make-regexp "['`][[:graph:]]+'"))
+
(define (check-description-style package)
;; Emit a warning if stylistic issues are found in the description of PACKAGE.
(define (check-not-empty description)
@@ -173,6 +177,16 @@ trademark sign '~a' at ~d")
'description))
(else #t)))
+ (define (check-quotes description)
+ "Check whether DESCRIPTION contains single quotes and suggest @code."
+ (when (regexp-exec %quoted-identifier-rx description)
+ (emit-warning package
+
+ ;; TRANSLATORS: '@code' is Texinfo markup and must be kept
+ ;; as is.
+ (_ "use @code or similar ornament instead of quotes")
+ 'description)))
+
(define (check-proper-start description)
(unless (or (properly-starts-sentence? description)
(string-prefix-ci? (package-name package) description))
@@ -203,6 +217,7 @@ by two spaces; possible infraction~p at ~{~a~^, ~}")
(if (string? description)
(begin
(check-not-empty description)
+ (check-quotes description)
(check-trademarks description)
;; Use raw description for this because Texinfo rendering
;; automatically fixes end of sentence space.