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@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ The library also exposes a protocol `context-manager`, comprised of a
 function `teardown` which will clean a resource up after use.
 
 Use it like so:
-````clojure
+```clojure
 (defimpl context-manager my-resource?
          ((teardown (lambda (resource)
                       (begin