diff --git a/wa/framework/target/descriptor.py b/wa/framework/target/descriptor.py
index 4f6a338a..5b9e5160 100644
--- a/wa/framework/target/descriptor.py
+++ b/wa/framework/target/descriptor.py
@@ -345,9 +345,9 @@ CONNECTION_PARAMS = {
             """),
         Parameter(
             'sudo_cmd', kind=str,
-            default="sudo -- sh -c '{}'",
+            default="sudo -- sh -c {}",
             description="""
-            Sudo command to use. Must have ``"{}"`` specified
+            Sudo command to use. Must have ``{}`` specified
             somewhere in the string it indicate where the command
             to be run via sudo is to go.
             """),