diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3ab8804c37..a4fd870c25 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -348,12 +348,12 @@ The 🛠 emoji indicates that a rule is automatically fixable by the `--fix` com
 | N803 | InvalidArgumentName | Argument name `...` should be lowercase |  |
 | N804 | InvalidFirstArgumentNameForClassMethod | First argument of a class method should be named `cls` |  |
 | N805 | InvalidFirstArgumentNameForMethod | First argument of a method should be named `self` |  |
-| N807 | DunderFunctionName | function name should not start and end with '__' |  |
-| N811 | ConstantImportedAsNonConstant | constant '...' imported as non constant '...' |  |
-| N812 | LowercaseImportedAsNonLowercase | lowercase '...' imported as non lowercase '...' |  |
-| N813 | CamelcaseImportedAsLowercase | camelcase '...' imported as lowercase '...' |  |
-| N814 | CamelcaseImportedAsConstant | camelcase '...' imported as constant '...' |  |
-| N817 | CamelcaseImportedAsAcronym | camelcase '...' imported as acronym '...' |  |
+| N807 | DunderFunctionName | Function name should not start and end with `__` |  |
+| N811 | ConstantImportedAsNonConstant | Constant `...` imported as non-constant `...` |  |
+| N812 | LowercaseImportedAsNonLowercase | Lowercase `...` imported as non-lowercase `...` |  |
+| N813 | CamelcaseImportedAsLowercase | Camelcase `...` imported as lowercase `...` |  |
+| N814 | CamelcaseImportedAsConstant | Camelcase `...` imported as constant `...` |  |
+| N817 | CamelcaseImportedAsAcronym | Camelcase `...` imported as acronym `...` |  |
 
 ### flake8-comprehensions
 
diff --git a/src/checks.rs b/src/checks.rs
index 8ab98dc757..13207b64d8 100644
--- a/src/checks.rs
+++ b/src/checks.rs
@@ -1221,22 +1221,22 @@ impl CheckKind {
                 "First argument of a method should be named `self`".to_string()
             }
             CheckKind::DunderFunctionName => {
-                "function name should not start and end with '__'".to_string()
+                "Function name should not start and end with `__`".to_string()
             }
             CheckKind::ConstantImportedAsNonConstant(name, asname) => {
-                format!("constant '{name}' imported as non constant '{asname}'")
+                format!("Constant `{name}` imported as non-constant `{asname}`")
             }
             CheckKind::LowercaseImportedAsNonLowercase(name, asname) => {
-                format!("lowercase '{name}' imported as non lowercase '{asname}'")
+                format!("Lowercase `{name}` imported as non-lowercase `{asname}`")
             }
             CheckKind::CamelcaseImportedAsLowercase(name, asname) => {
-                format!("camelcase '{name}' imported as lowercase '{asname}'")
+                format!("Camelcase `{name}` imported as lowercase `{asname}`")
             }
             CheckKind::CamelcaseImportedAsConstant(name, asname) => {
-                format!("camelcase '{name}' imported as constant '{asname}'")
+                format!("Camelcase `{name}` imported as constant `{asname}`")
             }
             CheckKind::CamelcaseImportedAsAcronym(name, asname) => {
-                format!("camelcase '{name}' imported as acronym '{asname}'")
+                format!("Camelcase `{name}` imported as acronym `{asname}`")
             }
             // Meta
             CheckKind::UnusedNOQA(codes) => match codes {