diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index d61b223d..a7181c0c 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2000-12-13  Hrvoje Niksic  <hniksic@arsdigita.com>
+
+	* html-parse.c (advance_declaration): MSVC assert() chokes on
+	'\"'.  Use '"' instead.
+
 2000-12-11  Hrvoje Niksic  <hniksic@arsdigita.com>
 
 	* utils.c (xfree_real): Removed.
diff --git a/src/html-parse.c b/src/html-parse.c
index bbff6e46..c6979fcb 100644
--- a/src/html-parse.c
+++ b/src/html-parse.c
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ advance_declaration (const char *beg, const char *end)
 	    state = AC_S_DEFAULT;
 	  break;
 	case AC_S_QUOTE1:
-	  assert (ch == '\'' || ch == '\"');
+	  assert (ch == '\'' || ch == '"');
 	  quote_char = ch;	/* cheating -- I really don't feel like
 				   introducing more different states for
 				   different quote characters. */