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 # Contributing to Azure Python SDK
 
 If you would like to become an active contributor to this project please
-follow the instructions provided in `Microsoft Azure Projects Contribution Guidelines <http://azure.github.io/guidelines/>`__.
+follow the instructions provided in [Microsoft Azure Projects Contribution Guidelines](http://azure.github.io/guidelines/).
 
 ## Code of Conduct
 This project's code of conduct can be found in the