diff --git a/TRANSLATING.md b/TRANSLATING.md
index 65515479d..bc25e3688 100644
--- a/TRANSLATING.md
+++ b/TRANSLATING.md
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ If there is no project for your language, you can start your own translation.
 Base your work on the second edition of the book, available [here](https://github.com/progit/progit2). To do so:
  1. Pick the correct [ISO 639 code](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes) for your language.
  1. Create a [GitHub organization](https://docs.github.com/en/github/setting-up-and-managing-organizations-and-teams/creating-a-new-organization-from-scratch), for example: `progit2-[your code]` on GitHub.
- 1. Create a project "`progit2"`.
+ 1. Create a project `progit2`.
  1. Copy the structure of progit/progit2 (this project) in your project and start translating.
 
 ### Updating the status of your translation
diff --git a/book/07-git-tools/git-credential-read-only b/book/07-git-tools/git-credential-read-only
index 0e9147597..b98833c4e 100755
--- a/book/07-git-tools/git-credential-read-only
+++ b/book/07-git-tools/git-credential-read-only
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ exit(0) unless File.exists? path
 
 known = {} # <3>
 while line = STDIN.gets
-    break if line.strip == `"
+    break if line.strip == ''
     k,v = line.strip.split '=', 2
     known[k] = v
 end