diff --git a/python/python-stsci.distutils/slack-desc b/python/python-stsci.distutils/slack-desc
index 8cedb3ead1..3bcad5a168 100644
--- a/python/python-stsci.distutils/slack-desc
+++ b/python/python-stsci.distutils/slack-desc
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
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 python-stsci.distutils: python-stsci.distutils (STScI's packaging utilities)
 python-stsci.distutils:
-python-stsci.distutils: This package contains utilities used to package some of STScI’s
+python-stsci.distutils: This package contains utilities used to package some of STScI's
 python-stsci.distutils: Python projects; specifically those projects that comprise
 python-stsci.distutils: stsci_python and Astrolib.
 python-stsci.distutils: