diff --git a/contrib/check-code.py b/contrib/check-code.py
--- a/contrib/check-code.py
+++ b/contrib/check-code.py
@@ -96,10 +96,10 @@ pypats = [
 ]
 
 pyfilters = [
+    (r'''(?<!")(")(([^"\n]|\\")+)"(?!")''', repquote),
+    (r"""(?<!')(')(([^'\n]|\\')+)'(?!')""", repquote),
     (r"""(''')(([^']|\\'|'{1,2}(?!'))*)'''""", repquote),
     (r'''(""")(([^"]|\\"|"{1,2}(?!"))*)"""''', repquote),
-    (r'''(?<!")(")(([^"\n]|\\")+)"(?!")''', repquote),
-    (r"""(?<!')(')(([^'\n]|\\')+)'(?!')""", repquote),
     (r"( *)(#([^\n]*\S)?)", repcomment),
 ]