diff --git a/Documentation/conf.py b/Documentation/conf.py
index da64c9fb7e07..d148f3e8dd57 100644
--- a/Documentation/conf.py
+++ b/Documentation/conf.py
@@ -346,9 +346,9 @@ sys.stderr.write("Using %s theme\n" % html_theme)
 html_static_path = ['sphinx-static']
 
 # If true, Docutils "smart quotes" will be used to convert quotes and dashes
-# to typographically correct entities.  This will convert "--" to "—",
-# which is not always what we want, so disable it.
-smartquotes = False
+# to typographically correct entities.  However, conversion of "--" to "—"
+# is not always what we want, so enable only quotes.
+smartquotes_action = 'q'
 
 # Custom sidebar templates, maps document names to template names.
 # Note that the RTD theme ignores this