diff --git a/pear/scripts/pear.in b/pear/scripts/pear.in
index 3ae9930792e..6f59b6e09f5 100644
--- a/pear/scripts/pear.in
+++ b/pear/scripts/pear.in
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ function cmdHelp($command)
         return $ret;
 
     } elseif ($command == "version") {
-        return "PEAR Version: ".$GLOBALS[pear_package_version]."\nPHP Version: ".phpversion()."\nZend Engine Version: ".zend_version();
+        return "PEAR Version: ".$GLOBALS['pear_package_version']."\nPHP Version: ".phpversion()."\nZend Engine Version: ".zend_version();
 
     } elseif ($help = PEAR_Command::getHelp($command)) {
         if (is_string($help)) {