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 ## Contributions
 
-We welcome contributions, to contribute to SQLCipher, a [contributor agreement](https://www.zetetic.net/contributions/) needs to be submitted.  All submissions should be based on the =prerelease= branch.
+We welcome contributions, to contribute to SQLCipher, a [contributor agreement](https://www.zetetic.net/contributions/) needs to be submitted.  All submissions should be based on the `prerelease` branch.
 
 ## Compiling