diff --git a/satpy/tests/reader_tests/test_hy2_scat_l2b_h5.py b/satpy/tests/reader_tests/test_hy2_scat_l2b_h5.py
index 9bf5f5f093..f90da00613 100644
--- a/satpy/tests/reader_tests/test_hy2_scat_l2b_h5.py
+++ b/satpy/tests/reader_tests/test_hy2_scat_l2b_h5.py
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ def _get_global_attrs(self, num_rows, num_cols):
             "/attr/Platform_LongName": "Haiyang 2B Ocean Observing Satellite",
             "/attr/Platform_ShortName": "HY-2B",
             "/attr/Platform_Type": "spacecraft",
-            "/attr/Producer_Agency": "Ministry of Natural Resources of the People\'s Republic of China",
+            "/attr/Producer_Agency": "Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China",
             "/attr/Producer_Institution": "NSOAS",
             "/attr/Production_Date_Time": "20200326T06:23:10",
             "/attr/Range_Beginning_Time": "20200326T01:11:07",
diff --git a/satpy/writers/awips_tiled.py b/satpy/writers/awips_tiled.py
index 03ce3e9d68..8fe9a8d2cc 100644
--- a/satpy/writers/awips_tiled.py
+++ b/satpy/writers/awips_tiled.py
@@ -1824,7 +1824,7 @@ def main():
     group_2.add_argument("--letters", dest="lettered_grid", action="store_true",
                          help="Create tiles from a static letter-based grid based on the product projection")
     group_2.add_argument("--letter-subtiles", nargs=2, type=int, default=(2, 2),
-                         help="Specify number of subtiles in each lettered tile: \'row col\'")
+                         help="Specify number of subtiles in each lettered tile: 'row col'")
     group_2.add_argument("--output-pattern", default=DEFAULT_OUTPUT_PATTERN,
                          help="output filenaming pattern")
     group_2.add_argument("--source-name", default="SSEC",