diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 312b633..cf4000d 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,17 @@
 ---
 default_stages: [commit]
 repos:
+  - repo: local
+    hooks:
+      - id: bash-3
+        name: macOS default bash version 3.2
+        entry: |
+          bash -c 'set -x
+          err=$(/bin/bash ./gh-find-code -h 2>&1 >/dev/null)
+          [[ -n $err ]] && exit 1 || exit 0'
+        language: system
+        pass_filenames: false
+        files: gh-find-code
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
     rev: v4.4.0
     hooks:
diff --git a/gh-find-code b/gh-find-code
index 393bdd6..9d3bb85 100755
--- a/gh-find-code
+++ b/gh-find-code
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ check_version() {
 # IMPORTANT: Keep it in sync with the readme.md
 print_help_text() {
 	local help_text
+	# Note: the quotation mark in '@junegunn‘s' is the unicode char U+02bc, don't use the
+	# typical single quotation mark, as this would cause the script to fail in bash 3.2
 	help_text=$(
 		cat <<EOF
 GitHub code searching with 'fzf'
@@ -120,7 +122,7 @@ ${WHITE_BOLD}Hotkeys${COLOR_RESET}
   ${GREEN_NORMAL}esc   ${COLOR_RESET}  quit
 
 ${WHITE_BOLD}Example${COLOR_RESET}
-  ${DARK_GRAY}# matches code from @junegunn's 'fzf' repo ${COLOR_RESET}
+  ${DARK_GRAY}# matches code from @junegunnʼs 'fzf' repo ${COLOR_RESET}
   gh find-code 'repo:junegunn/fzf FZF_PORT'
   ${DARK_GRAY}# matches JavaScript files with "new Proxy()" ${COLOR_RESET}
   gh find-code 'language:js "new Proxy()"'