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@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ You can also add the following to your init file:
 
 *** Manual
 
-**** 1. Download the theme file to your emacs themes directory, for example ~~.emacs.d/themes/~.
+**** 1. Download the theme file to your emacs themes directory, for example =~~.emacs.d/themes/~=.
 
 #+BEGIN_SRC sh
   mkdir -p ~/.emacs.d/themes/