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@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Creates public page to give credit to people who have added or edited Items.
 The page will list all librarians, with count of Items contributed and last contribution date. The page can be customized with messages before and after the table.
 
 Starting from version 1.1 a shortcode is available to embed the table in any page (f.i., one created with Simple Pages plugin).
-The syntax to use is **[librarians_table arg1='value']**, where value is the sort order, and can be "name", "count" or "date"; "name" will be used if no value is passed.
+The syntax to use is `[librarians_table arg1='value']`, where value is the sort order, and can be "**name**", "**count**" or "**date**"; "name" will be used if no value is passed.
 
 ## Installation
 Uncompress files and rename plugin folder "HonorThyLibrarians".