diff --git a/release-scripts/build-docs b/release-scripts/build-docs
index ea1a846cedf..8b7c7b3cedb 100755
--- a/release-scripts/build-docs
+++ b/release-scripts/build-docs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 _exit()
 {
-	echo $@
+	echo "$@"
 	popd
 	exit 1
 }
diff --git a/release-scripts/build-htmlman-git b/release-scripts/build-htmlman-git
index 6971b6df8e1..94a09fa0091 100755
--- a/release-scripts/build-htmlman-git
+++ b/release-scripts/build-htmlman-git
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 _exit()
 {
-	echo $@
+	echo "$@"
 	popd
 	exit 1
 }
@@ -50,4 +50,4 @@ rsync -Ca ${DOCS_XML_DIR}/output/htmldocs/manpages/ ${DOCS_DIR}/htmldocs/manpage
 echo "Success"
 exit
 
-# END
+# END
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/release-scripts/build-htmlman-nogit b/release-scripts/build-htmlman-nogit
index d5126b2719a..7fb1254de6a 100755
--- a/release-scripts/build-htmlman-nogit
+++ b/release-scripts/build-htmlman-nogit
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 _exit()
 {
-	echo $@
+	echo "$@"
 	popd
 	exit 1
 }
diff --git a/release-scripts/build-manpages-git b/release-scripts/build-manpages-git
index 1c1f02d0a64..4419fc42687 100755
--- a/release-scripts/build-manpages-git
+++ b/release-scripts/build-manpages-git
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 _exit()
 {
-	echo $@
+	echo "$@"
 	popd
 	exit 1
 }
diff --git a/release-scripts/build-manpages-nogit b/release-scripts/build-manpages-nogit
index 9573586dfe0..01336d6746d 100755
--- a/release-scripts/build-manpages-nogit
+++ b/release-scripts/build-manpages-nogit
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 _exit()
 {
-	echo $@
+	echo "$@"
 	popd
 	exit 1
 }