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@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ Utility function for calling ``await`` on a return value if it is awaitable, oth
 Dash encoding
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-Datasette uses a custom encoding scheme in some places, called **dash encoding**. This is primarily used for table names and row primary keys, to avoid any confusion between ``/`` characters in those values and the Datasette URL that references them.
+Datasette uses a custom encoding scheme in some places, called **dash encoding**. This is primarily used for table names and row primary keys, to avoid any confusion between ``/`` characters in those values and the Datasette URL that reference them.
 
 Dash encoding applies the following rules, in order: