diff --git a/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/pipeline/policies/_retry.py b/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/pipeline/policies/_retry.py
index 26219d262f3c..51dde472ef92 100644
--- a/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/pipeline/policies/_retry.py
+++ b/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/pipeline/policies/_retry.py
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ def is_retry(self, settings, response):
         presence of the aforementioned header.
 
         The behavior is:
-        -	If status_code < 400: don’t retry
+        -	If status_code < 400: don't retry
         -	Else if Retry-After present: retry
         -	Else: retry based on the safe status code list ([408, 429, 500, 502, 503, 504])