diff --git a/source/use-cases/storing-log-data.txt b/source/use-cases/storing-log-data.txt
index 534dff3ecee..6dbadb12518 100644
--- a/source/use-cases/storing-log-data.txt
+++ b/source/use-cases/storing-log-data.txt
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ you can require that MongoDB replicate the data to multiple
 
 .. code-block:: pycon
 
-   >>> db.events.insert(event, w=majority)
+   >>> db.events.insert(event, w='majority')
 
 This will force your application to acknowledge that the data has
 replicated to a majority of configured members of the :term:`replica set`. You can combine
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ options as well:
 
 .. code-block:: pycon
 
-   >>> db.events.insert(event, j=True, w=majority)
+   >>> db.events.insert(event, j=True, w='majority')
 
 In this case, your application will wait for a successful journal
 commit on the :term:`primary` *and* a replication acknowledgment from