diff --git a/client-api/api_lib/pvcapi_helper.py b/client-api/api_lib/pvcapi_helper.py
index 6e879bc3..47f5a27a 100755
--- a/client-api/api_lib/pvcapi_helper.py
+++ b/client-api/api_lib/pvcapi_helper.py
@@ -1145,7 +1145,7 @@ def ceph_pool_add(name, pgs, replcfg):
         retcode = 400
 
     output = {
-        'message': retdata.replace('\"', '\'')
+        'message': retdata
     }
     return output, retcode