diff --git a/README b/README
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+++ b/README
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ Version History
 
 * clean up closing tag whitespace
 
-* do not choke on <br></br> etc.
+* do not choke on `<br></br>` etc.
 
 * add limited tilde-delimited code block support