diff --git a/test/e2e/network/service.go b/test/e2e/network/service.go
index 254f3fdeee3..7606f89e8a5 100644
--- a/test/e2e/network/service.go
+++ b/test/e2e/network/service.go
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Services", func() {
 	/*
 		Release : v1.9
 		Testname: Kubernetes Service
-		Description: By default when a kubernetes cluster is running there MUST be a ‘kubernetes’ service running in the cluster.
+		Description: By default when a kubernetes cluster is running there MUST be a 'kubernetes' service running in the cluster.
 	*/
 	framework.ConformanceIt("should provide secure master service ", func() {
 		_, err := cs.CoreV1().Services(metav1.NamespaceDefault).Get(context.TODO(), "kubernetes", metav1.GetOptions{})
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/startup_probe_test.go b/test/e2e_node/startup_probe_test.go
index a822db422e7..383b69f7121 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/startup_probe_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/startup_probe_test.go
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("StartupProbe [Serial] [Disruptive]", func() {
 		/*
 			Release : v1.16
 			Testname: Pod liveness probe fails after startup success
-			Description: A Pod is created with failing liveness probe and delayed startup probe that uses ‘exec’ command to cat /temp/health file. The Container is started by creating /tmp/startup after 10 seconds, triggering liveness probe to fail. The Pod MUST now be killed and restarted incrementing restart count to 1.
+			Description: A Pod is created with failing liveness probe and delayed startup probe that uses 'exec' command to cat /temp/health file. The Container is started by creating /tmp/startup after 10 seconds, triggering liveness probe to fail. The Pod MUST now be killed and restarted incrementing restart count to 1.
 		*/
 		ginkgo.It("should be restarted by liveness probe after startup probe enables it", func() {
 			cmd := []string{"/bin/sh", "-c", "sleep 10; echo ok >/tmp/startup; sleep 600"}