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@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ makeshift download -p templates --plugins smd,jinja2 --profile compute -xr
 
 ```bash
 # upload a file or directory (recursively)</br>
-        makeshift upload</br>
-        makeshift upload --host http://localhost:5050 --path help.txt</br>
+makeshift upload
+makeshift upload --host http://localhost:5050 --path help.txt
 ```
 
 > [!NOTE]