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@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ it can be used in high performance applications without the need for threads.
 The AMQP-CPP library uses C++11 features, so if you intend use it, please make 
 sure that your compiler is up-to-date and supports C++11.
 
-**Note for the reader** This readme file has a peculiar structure. We start with 
+**Note for the reader:** This readme file has a peculiar structure. We start 
 explaining the pure and hard core low level interface in which you have to
 take care of opening socket connections yourself. In reality, you probably want
 to use the simpler TCP interface that is being described later on.