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@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ You may need to use `sudo` with `PREFIX` depending on your permissions on destin
 - Before version 1.9, `buku`stored its database in **$HOME/.cache/buku/bookmarks.db**. If the file exists, buku automatically moves it to new location.
 - The database index for entries starts from 1. Index 0 is used for special operations like show or refresh or delete all bookmarks.
 - It's  advisable  to copy URLs directly from the browser address bar, i.e., along with the leading `http://` or `https://` token. `buku` looks up title data (found within <title></title> tags of HTML) from the web ONLY for fully-formed HTTP(S) URLs.
-- If the URL contains characters like `;`, `&` or brackets they may be interpreted specially by the shell. To avoid it, add the URL within single `'` or double `"` quotes.
+- If the URL contains characters like `;`, `&` or brackets they may be interpreted specially by the shell. To avoid it, add the URL within single or double (`'`/`"`) quotes.
 - The same URL cannot be added twice. You can update tags and re-fetch title data. You can also insert a new bookmark at a free index.
 - You can either add or update or delete record(s) in one instance. A combination of these operations is not supported in a single run.
 - Search works in mysterious ways:
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 It's advisable to copy URLs directly from the browser address bar, i.e., along with the leading 'http://' or 'https://' token. buku looks up title data (found within <title></title> tags of HTML) from the web ONLY for fully-formed HTTP(S) URLs.
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-If the URL contains characters like ';', '&' or brackets they may be interpreted specially by the shell. To avoid it, add the URL within single ''' or double '"' qoutes.
+If the URL contains characters like ';', '&' or brackets they may be interpreted specially by the shell. To avoid it, add the URL within single or double ('/") qoutes.
 .PP
 The same URL cannot be added twice. You can update tags and re-fetch title data. You can also insert a new bookmark at a free index.
 .PP