diff --git a/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes b/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes
index 7b5120be93f8..df21c4988512 100644
--- a/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes
+++ b/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes
@@ -4699,7 +4699,7 @@ the soul.  Worry, doubt, self-distrust, fear and despair--these are the
 long, long years that bow the head and turn the growing spirit back to
 dust.
 
-	Whether seventy or sixteen, there is in every being’s heart a
+	Whether seventy or sixteen, there is in every being's heart a
 love of wonder; the sweet amazement at the stars and starlike things and
 thoughts; the undaunted challenge of events, the unfailing childlike
 appetite for what comes next, and the joy in the game of life.