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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-When run with the --sanitize switch, which is turned on by default (see
+When run with the `--sanitize` switch, which is turned on by default (see
 [[usage]]), ikiwiki sanitizes the html on pages it renders to avoid XSS
 attacks and the like.