diff --git a/hgext/patchbomb.py b/hgext/patchbomb.py
index 7de68012f86e4c70c37922188874b55a584cfd2a_aGdleHQvcGF0Y2hib21iLnB5..03cfc6ea93dffd2f4c530c31eb75045aa29b519e_aGdleHQvcGF0Y2hib21iLnB5 100644
--- a/hgext/patchbomb.py
+++ b/hgext/patchbomb.py
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@
           ('s', 'subject', '',
            _('subject of first message (intro or single patch)')),
           ('', 'in-reply-to', '',
-           _('"message identifier to reply to"')),
+           _('message identifier to reply to')),
           ('t', 'to', [], _('email addresses of recipients')),
          ]