diff --git a/extensions/hibernate-envers/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/envers/HibernateEnversBuildTimeConfigPersistenceUnit.java b/extensions/hibernate-envers/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/envers/HibernateEnversBuildTimeConfigPersistenceUnit.java
index c71c07716308e..5c439cb39cc41 100644
--- a/extensions/hibernate-envers/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/envers/HibernateEnversBuildTimeConfigPersistenceUnit.java
+++ b/extensions/hibernate-envers/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/envers/HibernateEnversBuildTimeConfigPersistenceUnit.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ public class HibernateEnversBuildTimeConfigPersistenceUnit {
      *
      * @asciidoclet
      */
-    @ConfigItem(defaultValueDocumentation = "`true` if Hibernate ORM is enabled; `false` otherwise")
+    @ConfigItem(defaultValueDocumentation = "'true' if Hibernate ORM is enabled; 'false' otherwise")
     public Optional<Boolean> active = Optional.empty();
 
 }
diff --git a/extensions/hibernate-orm/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/orm/runtime/HibernateOrmRuntimeConfigPersistenceUnit.java b/extensions/hibernate-orm/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/orm/runtime/HibernateOrmRuntimeConfigPersistenceUnit.java
index cda963fac09ac..7ba8bb8141912 100644
--- a/extensions/hibernate-orm/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/orm/runtime/HibernateOrmRuntimeConfigPersistenceUnit.java
+++ b/extensions/hibernate-orm/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/orm/runtime/HibernateOrmRuntimeConfigPersistenceUnit.java
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public class HibernateOrmRuntimeConfigPersistenceUnit {
      *
      * @asciidoclet
      */
-    @ConfigItem(defaultValueDocumentation = "`true` if Hibernate ORM is enabled; `false` otherwise")
+    @ConfigItem(defaultValueDocumentation = "'true' if Hibernate ORM is enabled; 'false' otherwise")
     public Optional<Boolean> active = Optional.empty();
 
     /**
diff --git a/extensions/hibernate-search-orm-elasticsearch/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/search/orm/elasticsearch/runtime/HibernateSearchElasticsearchRuntimeConfigPersistenceUnit.java b/extensions/hibernate-search-orm-elasticsearch/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/search/orm/elasticsearch/runtime/HibernateSearchElasticsearchRuntimeConfigPersistenceUnit.java
index 6979394ca30cc..d91637c6cc975 100644
--- a/extensions/hibernate-search-orm-elasticsearch/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/search/orm/elasticsearch/runtime/HibernateSearchElasticsearchRuntimeConfigPersistenceUnit.java
+++ b/extensions/hibernate-search-orm-elasticsearch/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/search/orm/elasticsearch/runtime/HibernateSearchElasticsearchRuntimeConfigPersistenceUnit.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public class HibernateSearchElasticsearchRuntimeConfigPersistenceUnit {
      *
      * @asciidoclet
      */
-    @ConfigItem(defaultValueDocumentation = "`true` if Hibernate Search is enabled; `false` otherwise")
+    @ConfigItem(defaultValueDocumentation = "'true' if Hibernate Search is enabled; 'false' otherwise")
     public Optional<Boolean> active;
 
     /**