diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
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@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ Initialize a new backup repository and create a backup archive::
 Now doing another backup, just to show off the great deduplication:
 
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-   :emphasize-lines: 11
 
     $ borg create -v --stats /path/to/repo::Saturday2 ~/Documents
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