diff --git a/contrib/macdeploy/detached-sig-create.sh b/contrib/macdeploy/detached-sig-create.sh
index 7f017bb4f1..3379a4599c 100755
--- a/contrib/macdeploy/detached-sig-create.sh
+++ b/contrib/macdeploy/detached-sig-create.sh
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ grep CodeResources < "${TEMPLIST}" | while read i; do
   RESOURCE="${TEMPDIR}/${OUTROOT}/${TARGETFILE}"
   DIRNAME="`dirname "${RESOURCE}"`"
   mkdir -p "${DIRNAME}"
-  echo "Adding resource for: "${TARGETFILE}""
+  echo "Adding resource for: \"${TARGETFILE}\""
   cp "${i}" "${RESOURCE}"
 done
 
diff --git a/contrib/verify-commits/verify-commits.sh b/contrib/verify-commits/verify-commits.sh
index 85661f4670..98ee243ea7 100755
--- a/contrib/verify-commits/verify-commits.sh
+++ b/contrib/verify-commits/verify-commits.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ PREV_COMMIT=""
 
 while true; do
 	if [ "$CURRENT_COMMIT" = $VERIFIED_ROOT ]; then
-		echo "There is a valid path from "$CURRENT_COMMIT" to $VERIFIED_ROOT where all commits are signed!"
+		echo "There is a valid path from \"$CURRENT_COMMIT\" to $VERIFIED_ROOT where all commits are signed!"
 		exit 0
 	fi
 
diff --git a/contrib/verifybinaries/verify.sh b/contrib/verifybinaries/verify.sh
index bf2a10337d..e0266bf08a 100755
--- a/contrib/verifybinaries/verify.sh
+++ b/contrib/verifybinaries/verify.sh
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ WGETOUT=$(wget -N "$HOST1$BASEDIR$SIGNATUREFILENAME" 2>&1)
 #and then see if wget completed successfully
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
    echo "Error: couldn't fetch signature file. Have you specified the version number in the following format?"
-   echo "[$VERSIONPREFIX]<version>-[$RCVERSIONSTRING[0-9]] (example: "$VERSIONPREFIX"0.10.4-"$RCVERSIONSTRING"1)"
+   echo "[$VERSIONPREFIX]<version>-[$RCVERSIONSTRING[0-9]] (example: ${VERSIONPREFIX}0.10.4-${RCVERSIONSTRING}1)"
    echo "wget output:"
    echo "$WGETOUT"|sed 's/^/\t/g'
    exit 2