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@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Linter for Solidity programming language
 Options:
 
   -V, --version           output the version number
-  -f, --formatter [name]  report formatter name (stylish, table, tap, unix)'
+  -f, --formatter [name]  report formatter name (stylish, table, tap, unix)
   -h, --help              output usage information