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 The `ff` crate contains the `Field` and `PrimeField` traits.
 See the **[documentation](https://docs.rs/ff/)** for more.
 
-### #![derive(PrimeField)]
+### `#![derive(PrimeField)]`
 
 If you need an implementation of a prime field, this library also provides a procedural
 macro that will expand into an efficient implementation of a prime field when supplied