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@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ some default files to bind mount (ssh keys, machine-id some nixos specific thing
 
 If you keep your application data (like recommended) on a separate partition, the chances are you don't need
 to interact with this, as most configuration files will be in the nix store anyway. If the application wants these nix
-store files in certain directories you should use `environment.etc` family of options (consult the nixos documentation
+store files in certain directories, you should use `environment.etc` family of options (consult the nixos documentation
 for this). This is for mutable files that are not core application data. (Like ssh keys, for a mailserver one could
 think about the hash files (not the db files) of an alias map (if one doesn't want to manage that with
 the nix store), things like that).