diff --git a/init.lua b/init.lua
index bc8e43d..2aa8a91 100644
--- a/init.lua
+++ b/init.lua
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ vim.opt.rnu = true
 -- length of an actual \t character:
 vim.opt.tabstop=2
 -- length to use when editing text (eg. TAB and BS keys)
--- (0 for ‘tabstop’, -1 for ‘shiftwidth’):
+-- (0 for 'tabstop', -1 for 'shiftwidth'):
 vim.opt.softtabstop=-1
 -- length to use when shifting text (eg. <<, >> and == commands)
--- (0 for ‘tabstop’):
+-- (0 for 'tabstop'):
 vim.opt.shiftwidth=0
 -- round indentation to multiples of 'shiftwidth' when shifting text
 -- (so that it behaves like Ctrl-D / Ctrl-T):
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ vim.opt.expandtab = true
 vim.opt.autoindent = true
 -- keep indentation produced by 'autoindent' if leaving the line blank:
 -- vim.opt.cpoptions+=I
--- try to be smart (increase the indenting level after ‘{’,
--- decrease it after ‘}’, and so on):
+-- try to be smart (increase the indenting level after '{',
+-- decrease it after '}', and so on):
 vim.opt.smartindent = true
 -- a stricter alternative which works better for the C language:
 vim.opt.cindent = true
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ vim.opt.scrolloff = 6
 -- marker at line 80
 vim.opt.colorcolumn = "80"
 
--- use language‐specific plugins for indenting (better):
+-- use language-specific plugins for indenting (better):
 vim.cmd("filetype plugin indent on")
 
 vim.cmd("syntax on")