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 # mdBook
 
 **mdBook** is a command line tool and Rust crate to create books using Markdown
-files. It's very similar to Gitbook but written in
-[Rust](http://www.rust-lang.org).
+(as by the [CommonMark](https://commonmark.org/) specification) files. It's very
+similar to Gitbook but written in [Rust](http://www.rust-lang.org).
 
 What you are reading serves as an example of the output of mdBook and at the
 same time as a high-level documentation.