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@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ Rancher Docs
 
 The Rancher Manager* documentation is moving. Please file any issues or pull requests at https://github.com/rancher/rancher-docs instead.
 
-* = content/rancher
+\* = content/rancher
 
 ### K3s update
 
 The K3s* documentation is moving. Please file any issues or pull requests at https://github.com/k3s-io/docs instead.
 
-* = content/k3s
+\* = content/k3s
 
 ## Running for development/editing