diff --git a/daemon/daemon_unix.go b/daemon/daemon_unix.go
index 065dee9e0d..b0df9229a2 100644
--- a/daemon/daemon_unix.go
+++ b/daemon/daemon_unix.go
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ func verifyPlatformContainerSettings(daemon *Daemon, hostConfig *containertypes.
 	if hostConfig.CgroupParent != "" && UsingSystemd(daemon.configStore) {
 		// CgroupParent for systemd cgroup should be named as "xxx.slice"
 		if len(hostConfig.CgroupParent) <= 6 || !strings.HasSuffix(hostConfig.CgroupParent, ".slice") {
-			return warnings, fmt.Errorf("cgroup-parent for systemd cgroup should be a valid slice named as \"xxx.slice\"")
+			return warnings, fmt.Errorf(`cgroup-parent for systemd cgroup should be a valid slice named as "xxx.slice"`)
 		}
 	}
 	if hostConfig.Runtime == "" {
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ func verifyDaemonSettings(conf *config.Config) error {
 	}
 	if conf.CgroupParent != "" && UsingSystemd(conf) {
 		if len(conf.CgroupParent) <= 6 || !strings.HasSuffix(conf.CgroupParent, ".slice") {
-			return fmt.Errorf("cgroup-parent for systemd cgroup should be a valid slice named as \"xxx.slice\"")
+			return fmt.Errorf(`cgroup-parent for systemd cgroup should be a valid slice named as "xxx.slice"`)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1069,7 +1069,7 @@ func initBridgeDriver(controller *libnetwork.Controller, config *config.Config)
 		libnetwork.NetworkOptionIpam("default", "", v4Conf, v6Conf, nil),
 		libnetwork.NetworkOptionDeferIPv6Alloc(deferIPv6Alloc))
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Error creating default \"bridge\" network: %v", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf(`error creating default "bridge" network: %v`, err)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/daemon/daemon_unix_test.go b/daemon/daemon_unix_test.go
index f44c0be48f..03d04a579c 100644
--- a/daemon/daemon_unix_test.go
+++ b/daemon/daemon_unix_test.go
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ func TestParseSecurityOptWithDeprecatedColon(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("Unexpected parseSecurityOpt error: %v", err)
 	}
 	if opts.AppArmorProfile != "test_profile" {
-		t.Fatalf("Unexpected AppArmorProfile, expected: \"test_profile\", got %q", opts.AppArmorProfile)
+		t.Fatalf(`Unexpected AppArmorProfile, expected: "test_profile", got %q`, opts.AppArmorProfile)
 	}
 
 	// test seccomp
diff --git a/daemon/network.go b/daemon/network.go
index 3bf8852d4f..ade5bbc80b 100644
--- a/daemon/network.go
+++ b/daemon/network.go
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) createNetwork(create types.NetworkCreateRequest, id string
 	if err != nil {
 		if errors.Is(err, libnetwork.ErrDataStoreNotInitialized) {
 			//nolint: revive
-			return nil, errors.New("This node is not a swarm manager. Use \"docker swarm init\" or \"docker swarm join\" to connect this node to swarm and try again.")
+			return nil, errors.New(`This node is not a swarm manager. Use "docker swarm init" or "docker swarm join" to connect this node to swarm and try again.`)
 		}
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/daemon/top_unix.go b/daemon/top_unix.go
index 68da2596e4..e2cc38c3a4 100644
--- a/daemon/top_unix.go
+++ b/daemon/top_unix.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func validatePSArgs(psArgs string) error {
 			k := group[1]
 			v := group[2]
 			if k != "pid" {
-				return fmt.Errorf("specifying \"%s=%s\" is not allowed", k, v)
+				return fmt.Errorf(`specifying "%s=%s" is not allowed`, k, v)
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/daemon/top_unix_test.go b/daemon/top_unix_test.go
index a663323b67..4bf4d23408 100644
--- a/daemon/top_unix_test.go
+++ b/daemon/top_unix_test.go
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ import (
 func TestContainerTopValidatePSArgs(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := map[string]bool{
 		"ae -o uid=PID":             true,
-		"ae -o \"uid= PID\"":        true,  // ascii space (0x20)
-		"ae -o \"uid= PID\"":        false, // unicode space (U+2003, 0xe2 0x80 0x83)
+		`ae -o "uid= PID"`:          true,  // ascii space (0x20)
+		`ae -o "uid= PID"`:          false, // unicode space (U+2003, 0xe2 0x80 0x83)
 		"ae o uid=PID":              true,
 		"aeo uid=PID":               true,
 		"ae -O uid=PID":             true,
diff --git a/daemon/update.go b/daemon/update.go
index f01635e49e..fb88bc6f80 100644
--- a/daemon/update.go
+++ b/daemon/update.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) update(name string, hostConfig *container.HostConfig) erro
 
 	if ctr.RemovalInProgress || ctr.Dead {
 		ctr.Unlock()
-		return errCannotUpdate(ctr.ID, fmt.Errorf("container is marked for removal and cannot be \"update\""))
+		return errCannotUpdate(ctr.ID, fmt.Errorf(`container is marked for removal and cannot be "update"`))
 	}
 
 	if err := ctr.UpdateContainer(hostConfig); err != nil {