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@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ It maintains good quality for the resulting videos. Converting to webm will gene
 
 `video-convert FILE [FILE...]`
 
-The file names MUST end in -<height>p.<mp4|webm> as this is how this script determines the source resolution and container type.
+The file names MUST end in -&lt;height&gt;p.&lt;mp4|webm&gt; as this is how this script determines the source resolution and container type.
 
 This script converts to two formats:
 - mp4 (h264/aac), which is non-free but widely supported