diff --git a/googletest/docs/primer.md b/googletest/docs/primer.md
index cbb48ec0..30d86a55 100644
--- a/googletest/docs/primer.md
+++ b/googletest/docs/primer.md
@@ -221,18 +221,16 @@ as `ASSERT_EQ(expected, actual)`, so lots of existing code uses this order. Now
 The assertions in this group compare two **C strings**. If you want to compare
 two `string` objects, use `EXPECT_EQ`, `EXPECT_NE`, and etc instead.
 
-| Fatal assertion         | Nonfatal assertion      | Verifies               |
-| ----------------------- | ----------------------- | ---------------------- |
-| `ASSERT_STREQ(str1,     | `EXPECT_STREQ(str1,     | the two C strings have |
-: str2);`                 : str2);`                 : the same content       :
-| `ASSERT_STRNE(str1,     | `EXPECT_STRNE(str1,     | the two C strings have |
-: str2);`                 : str2);`                 : different contents     :
-| `ASSERT_STRCASEEQ(str1, | `EXPECT_STRCASEEQ(str1, | the two C strings have |
-: str2);`                 : str2);`                 : the same content,      :
-:                         :                         : ignoring case          :
-| `ASSERT_STRCASENE(str1, | `EXPECT_STRCASENE(str1, | the two C strings have |
-: str2);`                 : str2);`                 : different contents,    :
-:                         :                         : ignoring case          :
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+
+| Fatal assertion                | Nonfatal assertion             | Verifies                                                 |
+| --------------------------     | ------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `ASSERT_STREQ(str1,str2);`     | `EXPECT_STREQ(str1,str2);`     | the two C strings have the same content   		     |
+| `ASSERT_STRNE(str1,str2);`     | `EXPECT_STRNE(str1,str2);`     | the two C strings have different contents 		     |
+| `ASSERT_STRCASEEQ(str1,str2);` | `EXPECT_STRCASEEQ(str1,str2);` | the two C strings have the same content, ignoring case   |
+| `ASSERT_STRCASENE(str1,str2);` | `EXPECT_STRCASENE(str1,str2);` | the two C strings have different contents, ignoring case |
+
+<!-- mdformat on-->
 
 Note that "CASE" in an assertion name means that case is ignored. A `NULL`
 pointer and an empty string are considered *different*.