diff --git a/doc/syntax.md b/doc/syntax.md
index c0b3193c..f1e01fac 100644
--- a/doc/syntax.md
+++ b/doc/syntax.md
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ fmt::print("{}", std::vector{'h', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o'});
 fmt::print("{:n}", std::vector{'h', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o'});
 // Output: 'h', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o'
 fmt::print("{:s}", std::vector{'h', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o'});
-// Output: "hello"
+// Output: hello
 fmt::print("{:?s}", std::vector{'h', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o', '\n'});
 // Output: "hello\n"
 fmt::print("{::}", std::vector{'h', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o'});
diff --git a/include/fmt/ranges.h b/include/fmt/ranges.h
index 19a3e333..50f43c84 100644
--- a/include/fmt/ranges.h
+++ b/include/fmt/ranges.h
@@ -467,7 +467,6 @@ struct range_formatter<
       break;
     case '?':
       is_debug = true;
-      set_brackets({}, {});
       ++it;
       if (it == end || *it != 's') report_error("invalid format specifier");
       FMT_FALLTHROUGH;
@@ -475,8 +474,7 @@ struct range_formatter<
       if (!std::is_same<T, Char>::value)
         report_error("invalid format specifier");
       if (!is_debug) {
-        set_brackets(detail::string_literal<Char, '"'>{},
-                     detail::string_literal<Char, '"'>{});
+        set_brackets({}, {});
         set_separator({});
         detail::maybe_set_debug_format(underlying_, false);
       }
diff --git a/test/ranges-test.cc b/test/ranges-test.cc
index 8a9a0832..e61ab81e 100644
--- a/test/ranges-test.cc
+++ b/test/ranges-test.cc
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ TEST(ranges_test, format_vector) {
   auto vec = std::vector<char>{'a', '\n', '\t'};
   auto vvc = std::vector<std::vector<char>>{vc, vc};
   EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format("{}", vc), "['a', 'b', 'c']");
-  EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format("{:s}", vc), "\"abc\"");
+  EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format("{:s}", vc), "abc");
   EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format("{:?s}", vec), "\"a\\n\\t\"");
-  EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format("{:s}", vec), "\"a\n\t\"");
-  EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format("{::s}", vvc), "[\"abc\", \"abc\"]");
+  EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format("{:s}", vec), "a\n\t");
+  EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format("{::s}", vvc), "[abc, abc]");
   EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format("{}", vvc), "[['a', 'b', 'c'], ['a', 'b', 'c']]");
   EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format("{:n}", vvc), "['a', 'b', 'c'], ['a', 'b', 'c']");
   EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format("{:n:n}", vvc), "'a', 'b', 'c', 'a', 'b', 'c'");