diff --git a/Documentation/asciidoc.conf b/Documentation/asciidoc.conf
index dc76e7f073..87a90f2c3f 100644
--- a/Documentation/asciidoc.conf
+++ b/Documentation/asciidoc.conf
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ caret=^
 startsb=[
 endsb=]
 tilde=~
+backtick=`
 
 ifdef::backend-docbook[]
 [linkgit-inlinemacro]
diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
index 3b8df44673..15b34d3760 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
@@ -137,8 +137,9 @@ foreach::
 	the processing to terminate. This can be overridden by adding '|| :'
 	to the end of the command.
 +
-As an example, "git submodule foreach 'echo $path `git rev-parse HEAD`' will
-show the path and currently checked out commit for each submodule.
+As an example, +git submodule foreach \'echo $path {backtick}git
+rev-parse HEAD{backtick}'+ will show the path and currently checked out
+commit for each submodule.
 
 sync::
 	Synchronizes submodules' remote URL configuration setting