diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -221,9 +221,9 @@ created to house a collection of items in plural form and using camelCase (eg: p
 - components: React native components that are re-used in several places.
 - libs: Library classes/functions, these are not React native components (ie: they are not UI)
 - pages: These are components that define pages in the app. The component that defines the page itself should be named
-`<pageName>Page` if there are components used only inside one page, they should live in its own directory named after the `<pageName>`.
+`<pageName>Page` if there are components used only inside one page, they should live in its own directory named after the `<pageName>`
 - styles: These files define styles used among components/pages
-- contributingGuides: This is just a set of markdown files providing guides and insights to aid developers in learning how to contribute to this repo.
+- contributingGuides: This is just a set of markdown files providing guides and insights to aid developers in learning how to contribute to this repo
 
 **Note:** There is also a directory called `/docs`, which houses the Expensify Help site. It's a static site that's built with Jekyll and hosted on GitHub Pages.