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@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ links. However, it can do more.
 
 ## External links
 
-Hyperlink does know how to check external links, but it gives you some tools to extract them.
+Hyperlink does not know how to check external links, but it gives you some tools to extract them.
 
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 hyperlink dump-external-links build/