diff --git a/doc/differences-from-1-x.md b/doc/differences-from-1-x.md
index 22e6bc8..ab94f6a 100644
--- a/doc/differences-from-1-x.md
+++ b/doc/differences-from-1-x.md
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ The following new syntax has been added:
 * `:inline` -- used as a function to replace the `sql/inline` / `#sql/inline` machinery,
 * `:interval` -- used as a function to support `INTERVAL <n> <units>`, e.g., `[:interval 30 :days]`.
 
-> Note 1: `:inline` currently inlines strings like `"foo"` as `foo` which matches the 1.x behavior but this will almost certainly change to inline as `'foo'`, i.e., a SQL string value, before release.
+> Note 1: in 1.x, inlining a string `"foo"` produced `foo` but in 2.x it produces `'foo'`, i.e., string literals become SQL strings without needing internal quotes (1.x required `"'foo'"`).
 
 > Note 2: expect `:raw` to be added in some form before release.
 
diff --git a/src/honey/sql.cljc b/src/honey/sql.cljc
index d446b3c..72f1ef4 100644
--- a/src/honey/sql.cljc
+++ b/src/honey/sql.cljc
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@
 (defn- sqlize-value [x]
   (cond
     (nil? x)     "NULL"
-    (string? x)  x ; I feel this should be 'single-quoted' but 1.x does not
+    (string? x)  (str \' (str/replace x "'" "''") \')
     (symbol? x)  (name x)
     (keyword? x) (name x)
     :else        (str x)))
diff --git a/test/honey/sql_test.cljc b/test/honey/sql_test.cljc
index f843c76..793e033 100644
--- a/test/honey/sql_test.cljc
+++ b/test/honey/sql_test.cljc
@@ -309,8 +309,9 @@
              (format {:dialect :mysql})))))
 
 (deftest inlined-values-are-stringified-correctly
-  (is (= ["SELECT foo, bar, NULL"]
+  (is (= ["SELECT 'foo', 'It''s a quote!', bar, NULL"]
          (format {:select [[[:inline "foo"]]
+                           [[:inline "It's a quote!"]]
                            [[:inline :bar]]
                            [[:inline nil]]]}))))