diff --git a/docs/src/conf.py b/docs/src/conf.py
index 463bcedd..a63a14ff 100644
--- a/docs/src/conf.py
+++ b/docs/src/conf.py
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ html_theme_path = [sphinx_rtd_theme.get_html_theme_path()]
 # If true, SmartyPants will be used to convert quotes and dashes to
 # typographically correct entities.
 # html_use_smartypants = True
+html_use_smartypants = False
 
 # Custom sidebar templates, maps document names to template names.
 # html_sidebars = {}