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@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ Babashka sets the following system properties:
 - `babashka.main`: the `--main` argument
 - `babashka.file`: the `--file` argument (normalized using `.getCanonicalPath`)
 
-## __name__ = "__main__" pattern
+## `__name__ = "__main__"` pattern
 
 In Python scripts there is a well-known pattern to check if the current file was
 the file invoked from the command line: `__name__ = "__main__" pattern`. In