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@@ -10,7 +10,4 @@ LuaJIT is free software, released under the MIT license.
 See full Copyright Notice in the COPYRIGHT file or in luajit.h.
 
 Documentation for LuaJIT is available in HTML format.
-Please point your favorite browser to:
-
- doc/luajit.html
-
+Please point your favorite browser to `doc/luajit.html`.