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 ## MATHEMATICAL EQUATIONS
 
-Start gollum with the `--mathjax` flag. Read more about [MathJax](http://docs.mathjax.org/en/latest/index.html) on the web. Gollum uses the `TeX-AMS-MML_HTMLorMML` config with the autoload-all extension.
+Start gollum with the `--mathjax` flag. Read more about [MathJax](http://docs.mathjax.org/en/latest/index.html) on the web. Gollum uses the `TeX-AMS-MML_HTMLorMML` config with the `autoload-all` extension.
 
 Inline math:
 
 - $2^2$
-- \\(2^2\\)
+- `\\(2^2\\)`
 
 Display math: