--- old/basic.texi	2020-08-20 17:59:31.446496400 +0200
+++ new/basic.texi	2020-08-20 18:17:59.289249300 +0200
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
 @cindex curly quotes, inserting
 @cindex curved quotes, inserting
   A few common Unicode characters can be inserted via a command
-starting with @kbd{C-x 8}.  For example, @kbd{C-x 8 [} inserts @t{‘}
+starting with @w{@kbd{C-x 8}}.  For example, @kbd{C-x 8 [} inserts @t{‘}
 which is Unicode code-point U+2018 @sc{left single quotation mark},
 sometimes called a left single ``curved quote'' or ``curly quote''.
 Similarly, @w{@kbd{C-x 8 ]}}, @kbd{C-x 8 @{} and @kbd{C-x 8 @}} insert the
@@ -147,10 +147,10 @@
 
   In addition, in some contexts, if you type a quotation using grave
 accent and apostrophe @kbd{`like this'}, it is converted to a form
-@t{‘like this’} using single quotation marks, even without @kbd{C-x 8}
-commands.  Similarly, typing a quotation @kbd{``like this''} using
-double grave accent and apostrophe converts it to a form @t{“like
-this”} using double quotation marks.  @xref{Quotation Marks}.
+using single quotation marks @t{‘like this’}, even without @kbd{C-x 8}
+commands.  Similarly, typing a quotation using double grave accent and
+apostrophe @kbd{``like this''}, converts it to a form using double
+quotation marks @w{@t{“like this”}}.  @xref{Quotation Marks}.
 
 @node Moving Point
 @section Changing the Location of Point