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@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ with a patch by following these instructions:
 
 ## Multiple commits
 If you've made multiple commits to a project that you want to contribute,
-simply change git format-patch -1 to reflect the number of commits.
+simply change `git format-patch -1` to reflect the number of commits.
 
 For example, if you've made four commits, run: