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@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ Example:
 ```
 
 **Square brackets for an auto-linked function**: Enclose text like `somefunction()` and `somepackage::somefunction()` in square brackets to get an automatic link to that function's documentation.
-Be sure to include the trailing parentheses, because it's good style and and it causes the function to be formatted as code, i.e. you don't need to add backticks.
+Be sure to include the trailing parentheses, because it's good style and it causes the function to be formatted as code, i.e. you don't need to add backticks.
 Example:
 
 ```{r}