diff --git a/mercurial/sshpeer.py b/mercurial/sshpeer.py
index 5bec509dc1ffbb4ed4c682abf3022616ff4a76a4_bWVyY3VyaWFsL3NzaHBlZXIucHk=..b520c8f98e1e47dd221df9cfeeaaa2d19c6dc4e9_bWVyY3VyaWFsL3NzaHBlZXIucHk= 100644
--- a/mercurial/sshpeer.py
+++ b/mercurial/sshpeer.py
@@ -18,5 +18,6 @@
 )
 
 def _serverquote(s):
+    """quote a string for the remote shell ... which we assume is sh"""
     if not s:
         return s
@@ -21,6 +22,5 @@
     if not s:
         return s
-    '''quote a string for the remote shell ... which we assume is sh'''
     if re.match('[a-zA-Z0-9@%_+=:,./-]*$', s):
         return s
     return "'%s'" % s.replace("'", "'\\''")