diff --git a/cmd/obscure/obscure.go b/cmd/obscure/obscure.go
index 531192b0e..7159670c6 100644
--- a/cmd/obscure/obscure.go
+++ b/cmd/obscure/obscure.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ argument by passing a hyphen as an argument. This will use the first
 line of STDIN as the password not including the trailing newline.
 
 ` + "```console" + `
-echo "secretpassword" | rclone obscure -
+echo 'secretpassword' | rclone obscure -
 ` + "```" + `
 
 If there is no data on STDIN to read, rclone obscure will default to