diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/doctor.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/doctor.rb
index 814588cdb15ba5aae9f11bc6b483010f947dfb34..e11047074658f38a701a19c06c28e04be4c0f74d 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/doctor.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/doctor.rb
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ def check_user_path_1
 
             Consider setting your PATH so that #{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/bin
             occurs before /usr/bin. Here is a one-liner:
-                echo export PATH="#{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/bin:$PATH" >> ~/.bash_profile
+                echo 'export PATH="#{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile
           EOS
         end
       end
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ def check_user_path_2
     <<-EOS.undent
       Homebrew's bin was not found in your PATH.
       Consider setting the PATH for example like so
-          echo export PATH="#{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/bin:$PATH" >> ~/.bash_profile
+          echo 'export PATH="#{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile
     EOS
   end
 end
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ def check_user_path_3
         Homebrew's sbin was not found in your PATH but you have installed
         formulae that put executables in #{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/sbin.
         Consider setting the PATH for example like so
-            echo export PATH="#{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/sbin:$PATH" >> ~/.bash_profile
+            echo 'export PATH="#{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/sbin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile
       EOS
     end
   end