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@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ You can override this behavior by adding `?u`, `?m` or `?M`   to a URL like this
 If you have several options to pass, write them without delimiters in between for the one-letter options,
 and use `&` as a delimiter for the long options with values:
 
-    $ curl 'wttr.in/Amsterdam?m2&lang=nl`
+    $ curl 'wttr.in/Amsterdam?m2&lang=nl'
 
 It would be a rough equivalent of `-m2 --lang nl` for the GNU CLI syntax.