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 haml --help
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-To use Haml programatically, check out the [YARD documentation](http://haml.info/docs/yardoc/).
+To use Haml programmatically, check out the [YARD documentation](http://haml.info/docs/yardoc/).
 
 ## Using Haml with Rails