--- texinfo.tex.orig	Fri Jan 10 20:58:28 2003
+++ texinfo.tex	Fri Jan 10 21:18:32 2003
@@ -485,6 +485,8 @@
 \let\tieaccent = \t
 \let\ubaraccent = \b
 \let\udotaccent = \d
+% Define an alias for use in the aux file:
+\let\acute = \'
 
 % Other special characters: @questiondown @exclamdown
 % Plain TeX defines: @AA @AE @O @OE @L (plus lowercase versions) @ss.
@@ -2881,7 +2883,7 @@
   \def\,##1{\realbackslash ,{##1}}%
   \def\"{\realbackslash "}%
   \def\`{\realbackslash `}%
-  \def\'{\realbackslash '}%
+  \def\'{\realbackslash acute }%
   \def\^{\realbackslash ^}%
   \def\~{\realbackslash ~}%
   \def\={\realbackslash =}%