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@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ For example:
 <pre>
     Closes: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/issues/1
 </pre>
-<p>Prefer the full url to just <pre>Closes: #1</pre>, since the url makes it
-easier to get to the bug page from <pre>git log</pre></p>
+<p>Prefer the full url to just <code>Closes: #1</code>, since the url makes it
+easier to get to the bug page from <code>git log</code></p>
 <b>Do not use the Fixes: tag for this!</b> Mesa already uses Fixes for something else.
 
 <li>If a patch addresses a issue introduced with earlier commit, that should be