diff --git a/responses.md b/responses.md
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--- a/responses.md
+++ b/responses.md
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ If you are redirecting to a route with an "ID" parameter that is being populated
 
     return redirect()->route('profile', [$user]);
 
-If you would like to customize the value that is placed in the route parameter, you can specify the column in the route parameter definition like so `profile/{id:slug}` or you can override the `getRouteKey` method on your Eloquent model:
+If you would like to customize the value that is placed in the route parameter, you can specify the column in the route parameter definition (`profile/{id:slug}`) or you can override the `getRouteKey` method on your Eloquent model:
 
     /**
      * Get the value of the model's route key.