diff --git a/doc/org.texi b/doc/org.texi
index 9d5632c0b..7b78417b1 100644
--- a/doc/org.texi
+++ b/doc/org.texi
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-\input texinfo
+\input texinfo  @c -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 @c %**start of header
 @setfilename ../../info/org.info
 @settitle The Org Manual
diff --git a/lisp/ox-ascii.el b/lisp/ox-ascii.el
index a5da54142..daf398890 100644
--- a/lisp/ox-ascii.el
+++ b/lisp/ox-ascii.el
@@ -2131,7 +2131,7 @@ Return output file name."
 
 ;; Local variables:
 ;; generated-autoload-file: "org-loaddefs.el"
-;; coding: utf-8-emacs
+;; coding: utf-8
 ;; End:
 
 ;;; ox-ascii.el ends here