diff --git "a/test/slow/nvm exec/Running \"nvm exec 0.x\" should work" "b/test/slow/nvm exec/Running \"nvm exec 0.x\" should work"
index 537fafeb71..b06bbdcc13 100755
--- "a/test/slow/nvm exec/Running \"nvm exec 0.x\" should work"	
+++ "b/test/slow/nvm exec/Running \"nvm exec 0.x\" should work"	
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ TEST_STRING="foo bar"
 
 nvm use 1.0.0 && [ "$(node --version)" = "v1.0.0" ] || die "\`nvm use\` failed!"
 
-[ "$(nvm exec 0.10 npm --version | tail -1)" = "$NPM_VERSION_TEN" ] || die "`nvm exec` failed to run with the correct version"
+[ "$(nvm exec 0.10 npm --version | tail -1)" = "$NPM_VERSION_TEN" ] || die "\`nvm exec\` failed to run with the correct version"
 
-[ "$(nvm exec 0.10 bash -c "printf '$TEST_STRING'" | tail -1)" = "$TEST_STRING" ] || die "`nvm exec` failed to run with the command include white-spaces"
+[ "$(nvm exec 0.10 bash -c "printf '$TEST_STRING'" | tail -1)" = "$TEST_STRING" ] || die "\`nvm exec\` failed to run with a command including whitespace"