diff --git a/bureau/class/m_admin.php b/bureau/class/m_admin.php
index c44b0ace..7a80ad17 100644
--- a/bureau/class/m_admin.php
+++ b/bureau/class/m_admin.php
@@ -690,8 +690,8 @@ class m_admin {
             return false;
         }
         if ($db->next_record()) {
-            // TODO: put that string into gettext ! 
-            $mail = <<<EOF
+            // TODO: put that string into gettext !
+            $mail = '
                 A new AlternC account was created on %fqdn by %creator.
 
                 Account details
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ class m_admin {
                 can change password: %canpass
                 type: %type
                 notes: %notes
-                EOF;
+                ';
             $mail = strtr($mail, array('%fqdn' => $L_FQDN,
             '%creator' => $db->Record['parentlogin'],
             '%uid' => $db->Record['uid'],
diff --git a/src/mail_add.php b/src/mail_add.php
index b77a5af2..490dee46 100644
--- a/src/mail_add.php
+++ b/src/mail_add.php
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ function usage() {
   global $argv;
   // putting {$argv[0]} or $argv[0] in the heredoc fails
   $wtfphp = $argv[0];
-  $u = <<<EOF
+  $u = '
 Usage: $wtfphp <email> <alias> ...
 
 email: full email adress, including domain, which must exist
 alias: one or many aliases the email should forward to, space separated
 
-EOF;
+';
   error_log($u);
   exit(1);
 }
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ if (is_null($password)) {
 $quotas = $default_quotas;
 $r = join(", ", $recipients);
 
-print <<<EOF
+print '
 user: $user
 domain: $domain
 compte: $compte
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ password: $password
 quota: $default_quotas
 recipients: $r
 
-EOF;
+';
 
 if ($dryrun) {
   error_log('not creating email because of $dryrun is true');