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@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ A reasonable limitation given **crush** use-case.
 The `.lovedeps` file is a regular Lua text file, containing a table where every entry specifies a dependency:
 
 ```lua
-dependency-name = "git-url"
+['dependency-name'] = "git-url"
 ```
 
 For example: