diff --git a/django/conf/global_settings.py b/django/conf/global_settings.py
index 6d9b2bc11e..3e9318dfce 100644
--- a/django/conf/global_settings.py
+++ b/django/conf/global_settings.py
@@ -219,12 +219,12 @@ TRANSACTIONS_MANAGED = False
 # this middleware classes will be applied in the order given, and in the
 # response phase the middleware will be applied in reverse order.
 MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
-    "django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware",
-    "django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware",
-#     "django.middleware.http.ConditionalGetMiddleware",
-#     "django.middleware.gzip.GZipMiddleware",
-    "django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware",
-    "django.middleware.doc.XViewMiddleware",
+    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
+#     'django.middleware.http.ConditionalGetMiddleware',
+#     'django.middleware.gzip.GZipMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.doc.XViewMiddleware',
 )
 
 ############
diff --git a/django/conf/project_template/settings.py b/django/conf/project_template/settings.py
index 800d1023d9..14da715db5 100644
--- a/django/conf/project_template/settings.py
+++ b/django/conf/project_template/settings.py
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@ TEMPLATE_LOADERS = (
 )
 
 MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
-    "django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware",
-    "django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware",
-    "django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware",
-    "django.middleware.doc.XViewMiddleware",
+    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.doc.XViewMiddleware',
 )
 
 ROOT_URLCONF = '{{ project_name }}.urls'
diff --git a/docs/cache.txt b/docs/cache.txt
index 2c54f60456..2ef3d6503f 100644
--- a/docs/cache.txt
+++ b/docs/cache.txt
@@ -209,12 +209,12 @@ The per-site cache
 ==================
 
 Once the cache is set up, the simplest way to use caching is to cache your
-entire site. Just add ``django.middleware.cache.CacheMiddleware`` to your
+entire site. Just add ``'django.middleware.cache.CacheMiddleware'`` to your
 ``MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES`` setting, as in this example::
 
     MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
-        "django.middleware.cache.CacheMiddleware",
-        "django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware",
+        'django.middleware.cache.CacheMiddleware',
+        'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
     )
 
 (The order of ``MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES`` matters. See "Order of MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES"
diff --git a/docs/csrf.txt b/docs/csrf.txt
index 4ea09552fc..218b43a61a 100644
--- a/docs/csrf.txt
+++ b/docs/csrf.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ middleware into your list of installed middleware.
 
 How to use it
 =============
-Add the middleware ``"django.contrib.csrf.middleware.CsrfMiddleware"`` to 
+Add the middleware ``'django.contrib.csrf.middleware.CsrfMiddleware'`` to 
 your list of middleware classes, ``MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES``. It needs to process
 the response after the SessionMiddleware, so must come before it in the
 list. It also must process the response before things like compression
diff --git a/docs/middleware.txt b/docs/middleware.txt
index f3dbcb82d1..bad00fd890 100644
--- a/docs/middleware.txt
+++ b/docs/middleware.txt
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ name. For example, here's the default ``MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES`` created by
 ``django-admin.py startproject``::
 
     MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
-        "django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware",
-        "django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware",
-        "django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware",
-        "django.middleware.doc.XViewMiddleware",
+        'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
+        'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
+        'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
+        'django.middleware.doc.XViewMiddleware',
     )
 
 Django applies middleware in the order it's defined in ``MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES``,
diff --git a/docs/sessions.txt b/docs/sessions.txt
index 10d94cd4fd..b7f16b67b9 100644
--- a/docs/sessions.txt
+++ b/docs/sessions.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Sessions are implemented via middleware_.
 
 Turn session functionality on and off by editing the ``MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES``
 setting. To activate sessions, make sure ``MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES`` contains
-``"django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware"``.
+``'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware'``.
 
 The default ``settings.py`` created by ``django-admin.py startproject`` has
 ``SessionMiddleware`` activated.
diff --git a/docs/transactions.txt b/docs/transactions.txt
index 378aa959d1..c1cd5aa984 100644
--- a/docs/transactions.txt
+++ b/docs/transactions.txt
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ To activate this feature, just add the ``TransactionMiddleware`` middleware to
 your ``MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES`` setting::
 
     MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
-        "django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware",
-        "django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware",
-        "django.middleware.cache.CacheMiddleware",
-        "django.middleware.transaction.TransactionMiddleware",
+        'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
+        'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
+        'django.middleware.cache.CacheMiddleware',
+        'django.middleware.transaction.TransactionMiddleware',
     )
 
 The order is quite important. The transaction middleware applies not only to