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 Acknowledgments
 ===============
 
-`cloud-volume <https://github.com/seung-lab/cloud-volume>_` (BSD 3-Clause licensed) for compressed morton code and shard/minishard mask implementation.
+`cloud-volume <https://github.com/seung-lab/cloud-volume>`_ (BSD 3-Clause licensed) for compressed morton code and shard/minishard mask implementation.