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@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ good contact point.
 <p>
 <strong>Note:</strong> If a patch in the current queue needs any additional
 fix(es), then they should be squashed together. The commit messages and the
-<code>cherry picked from</code> tags must be preserved.
+&quot;<code>cherry picked from</code>&quot;-tags must be preserved.
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