diff --git a/cmd/del.go b/cmd/del.go
index 8ab21d3..c5dd22c 100644
--- a/cmd/del.go
+++ b/cmd/del.go
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ func del(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 func init() {
 	delCmd.Flags().BoolP("interactive", "i", false, "Prompt yes/no for each deletion")
 	delCmd.Flags().StringSliceP("glob", "g", nil, "Delete keys matching glob pattern (repeatable)")
-	delCmd.Flags().String("glob-sep", "", fmt.Sprintf("Characters treated as separators for globbing (default %q)", defaultGlobSeparatorsDisplay()))
+	delCmd.Flags().String("glob-sep", "", fmt.Sprintf("Characters treated as separators for globbing (default '%s')", defaultGlobSeparatorsDisplay()))
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(delCmd)
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/export.go b/cmd/export.go
index ff27e22..968dd3f 100644
--- a/cmd/export.go
+++ b/cmd/export.go
@@ -42,6 +42,6 @@ var exportCmd = &cobra.Command{
 
 func init() {
 	exportCmd.Flags().StringSliceP("glob", "g", nil, "Filter keys with glob pattern (repeatable)")
-	exportCmd.Flags().String("glob-sep", "", fmt.Sprintf("Characters treated as separators for globbing (default %q)", defaultGlobSeparatorsDisplay()))
+	exportCmd.Flags().String("glob-sep", "", fmt.Sprintf("Characters treated as separators for globbing (default '%s')", defaultGlobSeparatorsDisplay()))
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(exportCmd)
 }
diff --git a/cmd/list.go b/cmd/list.go
index 3d26103..08c83a4 100644
--- a/cmd/list.go
+++ b/cmd/list.go
@@ -307,6 +307,6 @@ func init() {
 	listCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&listHeader, "header", false, "include header row")
 	listCmd.Flags().VarP(&listFormat, "format", "o", "output format (table|tsv|csv|markdown|html|ndjson)")
 	listCmd.Flags().StringSliceP("glob", "g", nil, "Filter keys with glob pattern (repeatable)")
-	listCmd.Flags().String("glob-sep", "", fmt.Sprintf("Characters treated as separators for globbing (default %q)", defaultGlobSeparatorsDisplay()))
+	listCmd.Flags().String("glob-sep", "", fmt.Sprintf("Characters treated as separators for globbing (default '%s')", defaultGlobSeparatorsDisplay()))
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(listCmd)
 }
diff --git a/cmd/restore.go b/cmd/restore.go
index 2e33b75..5440796 100644
--- a/cmd/restore.go
+++ b/cmd/restore.go
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ func restoreEntries(decoder *json.Decoder, storePath string, opts restoreOpts) (
 func init() {
 	restoreCmd.Flags().StringP("file", "f", "", "Path to an NDJSON dump (defaults to stdin)")
 	restoreCmd.Flags().StringSliceP("glob", "g", nil, "Restore keys matching glob pattern (repeatable)")
-	restoreCmd.Flags().String("glob-sep", "", fmt.Sprintf("Characters treated as separators for globbing (default %q)", defaultGlobSeparatorsDisplay()))
+	restoreCmd.Flags().String("glob-sep", "", fmt.Sprintf("Characters treated as separators for globbing (default '%s')", defaultGlobSeparatorsDisplay()))
 	restoreCmd.Flags().BoolP("interactive", "i", false, "Prompt before overwriting existing keys")
 	restoreCmd.Flags().Bool("drop", false, "Drop existing entries before restoring (full replace)")
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(restoreCmd)
diff --git a/testdata/help__dump__ok.ct b/testdata/help__dump__ok.ct
index db48321..891cbc2 100644
--- a/testdata/help__dump__ok.ct
+++ b/testdata/help__dump__ok.ct
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Aliases:
 
 Flags:
   -g, --glob strings      Filter keys with glob pattern (repeatable)
-      --glob-sep string   Characters treated as separators for globbing (default "/-_.@: ")
+      --glob-sep string   Characters treated as separators for globbing (default '/-_.@: ')
   -h, --help              help for export
 Export store as NDJSON (alias for list --format ndjson)
 
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@ Aliases:
 
 Flags:
   -g, --glob strings      Filter keys with glob pattern (repeatable)
-      --glob-sep string   Characters treated as separators for globbing (default "/-_.@: ")
+      --glob-sep string   Characters treated as separators for globbing (default '/-_.@: ')
   -h, --help              help for export
diff --git a/testdata/help__list__ok.ct b/testdata/help__list__ok.ct
index f9f51ed..40658c4 100644
--- a/testdata/help__list__ok.ct
+++ b/testdata/help__list__ok.ct
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Flags:
   -b, --binary            include binary data in text output
   -o, --format format     output format (table|tsv|csv|markdown|html|ndjson) (default table)
   -g, --glob strings      Filter keys with glob pattern (repeatable)
-      --glob-sep string   Characters treated as separators for globbing (default "/-_.@: ")
+      --glob-sep string   Characters treated as separators for globbing (default '/-_.@: ')
       --header            include header row
   -h, --help              help for list
       --no-keys           suppress the key column
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Flags:
   -b, --binary            include binary data in text output
   -o, --format format     output format (table|tsv|csv|markdown|html|ndjson) (default table)
   -g, --glob strings      Filter keys with glob pattern (repeatable)
-      --glob-sep string   Characters treated as separators for globbing (default "/-_.@: ")
+      --glob-sep string   Characters treated as separators for globbing (default '/-_.@: ')
       --header            include header row
   -h, --help              help for list
       --no-keys           suppress the key column
diff --git a/testdata/help__remove__ok.ct b/testdata/help__remove__ok.ct
index 8556bc2..19f0992 100644
--- a/testdata/help__remove__ok.ct
+++ b/testdata/help__remove__ok.ct
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Aliases:
 
 Flags:
   -g, --glob strings      Delete keys matching glob pattern (repeatable)
-      --glob-sep string   Characters treated as separators for globbing (default "/-_.@: ")
+      --glob-sep string   Characters treated as separators for globbing (default '/-_.@: ')
   -h, --help              help for remove
   -i, --interactive       Prompt yes/no for each deletion
 Delete one or more keys
@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@ Aliases:
 
 Flags:
   -g, --glob strings      Delete keys matching glob pattern (repeatable)
-      --glob-sep string   Characters treated as separators for globbing (default "/-_.@: ")
+      --glob-sep string   Characters treated as separators for globbing (default '/-_.@: ')
   -h, --help              help for remove
   -i, --interactive       Prompt yes/no for each deletion
diff --git a/testdata/help__restore__ok.ct b/testdata/help__restore__ok.ct
index 106a0f9..140e160 100644
--- a/testdata/help__restore__ok.ct
+++ b/testdata/help__restore__ok.ct
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Flags:
       --drop              Drop existing entries before restoring (full replace)
   -f, --file string       Path to an NDJSON dump (defaults to stdin)
   -g, --glob strings      Restore keys matching glob pattern (repeatable)
-      --glob-sep string   Characters treated as separators for globbing (default "/-_.@: ")
+      --glob-sep string   Characters treated as separators for globbing (default '/-_.@: ')
   -h, --help              help for import
   -i, --interactive       Prompt before overwriting existing keys
 Restore key/value pairs from an NDJSON dump
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@ Flags:
       --drop              Drop existing entries before restoring (full replace)
   -f, --file string       Path to an NDJSON dump (defaults to stdin)
   -g, --glob strings      Restore keys matching glob pattern (repeatable)
-      --glob-sep string   Characters treated as separators for globbing (default "/-_.@: ")
+      --glob-sep string   Characters treated as separators for globbing (default '/-_.@: ')
   -h, --help              help for import
   -i, --interactive       Prompt before overwriting existing keys