A few doc strings put \\ in front of a single quote, but that doesn't
protect the quote from being processed according to
text-quoting-style.  Use \\= instead to ensure that the apostrophe is
rendered as is.
---
 denote.el | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/denote.el b/denote.el
index f757d05..b7533a1 100644
--- a/denote.el
+++ b/denote.el
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ (defun denote-type ()
   "Create note while prompting for a file type.
 
 This is the equivalent to calling `denote' when `denote-prompts'
-is set to \\'(file-type title keywords)."
+is set to \\='(file-type title keywords)."
   (declare (interactive-only t))
   (interactive)
   (let ((denote-prompts '(file-type title keywords)))
@@ -891,7 +891,7 @@ (defun denote-date ()
 that plus the time: 2022-06-16 14:30
 
 This is the equivalent to calling `denote' when `denote-prompts'
-is set to \\'(date title keywords)."
+is set to \\='(date title keywords)."
   (declare (interactive-only t))
   (interactive)
   (let ((denote-prompts '(date title keywords)))
@@ -941,7 +941,7 @@ (defun denote-subdirectory ()
 `denote-directory' and any subdirectory thereof.
 
 This is equivalent to calling `denote' when `denote-prompts' is set to
-\\'(subdirectory title keywords)."
+\\='(subdirectory title keywords)."
   (declare (interactive-only t))
   (interactive)
   (let ((denote-prompts '(subdirectory title keywords)))

base-commit: 8f3b20471c6f2f95f7aadcbea54896285912635d
-- 
2.37.0

> From: Kyle Meyer <kyle@kyleam.com>
> Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2022 15:35:28 -0400
>
> A few doc strings put \\ in front of a single quote, but that doesn't
> protect the quote from being processed according to
> text-quoting-style.  Use \\= instead to ensure that the apostrophe is
> rendered as is.
> ---
>  denote.el | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Installed.  Thank you!

-- 
Protesilaos Stavrou
https://protesilaos.com