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authorShahzeb Siddiqui <shahzebmsiddiqui@gmail.com>2019-03-11 14:19:13 -0400
committerAdam J. Stewart <ajstewart426@gmail.com>2019-03-11 13:19:13 -0500
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format change and typo in doc (#10848)
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diff --git a/lib/spack/docs/basic_usage.rst b/lib/spack/docs/basic_usage.rst
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+++ b/lib/spack/docs/basic_usage.rst
@@ -673,10 +673,10 @@ compile line.
Notice that the value of the compiler flags must be quoted if it
contains any spaces. Any of ``cppflags=-O3``, ``cppflags="-O3"``,
``cppflags='-O3'``, and ``cppflags="-O3 -fPIC"`` are acceptable, but
-``cppflags=-O3 -fPIC`` is not. Additionally, if they value of the
+``cppflags=-O3 -fPIC`` is not. Additionally, if the value of the
compiler flags is not the last thing on the line, it must be followed
by a space. The commmand ``spack install libelf cppflags="-O3"%intel``
-will be interpreted as an attempt to set `cppflags="-O3%intel"``.
+will be interpreted as an attempt to set ``cppflags="-O3%intel"``.
The six compiler flags are injected in the order of implicit make commands
in GNU Autotools. If all flags are set, the order is