diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectapplicationwizard.cpp b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectapplicationwizard.cpp
index 4edc8857c27cf8fd5635f05dfa6bbd71e6ad1f88..eafbc0385ba642b6ddcb629480723e0b2f0160dc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectapplicationwizard.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectapplicationwizard.cpp
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ Core::GeneratedFiles QmlProjectApplicationWizard::generateFiles(const QWizard *w
             << "    }" << endl
             //: Comment added to generated .qmlproject file
             << "    /* " << tr("List of plugin directories passed to QML runtime", "qmlproject Template") << " */" << endl
-            << "    // importPaths: [ \" ../exampleplugin \" ]" << endl
+            << "    // importPaths: [ \"../exampleplugin\" ]" << endl
             << "}" << endl;
     }
     Core::GeneratedFile generatedCreatorFile(creatorFileName);
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectimportwizard.cpp b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectimportwizard.cpp
index a8d1349ac7bac70de7f0144e899092fad774608f..39afe447062bca9cfd59728474a22611c2f2d6d7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectimportwizard.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectimportwizard.cpp
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ Core::GeneratedFiles QmlProjectImportWizard::generateFiles(const QWizard *w,
             << "    }" << endl
             //: Comment added to generated .qmlproject file
             << "    /* " << tr("List of plugin directories passed to QML runtime", "qmlproject Template") << " */" << endl
-            << "    // importPaths: [ \" ../exampleplugin \" ]" << endl
+            << "    // importPaths: [ \"../exampleplugin\" ]" << endl
             << "}" << endl;
     }
     Core::GeneratedFile generatedCreatorFile(creatorFileName);