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 Quick links
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-* :doc:`Documentation <http://www.tornadoweb.org/en/stable/>`_
+* `Documentation <http://www.tornadoweb.org/en/stable/>`_
 * `Source (github) <https://github.com/facebook/tornado>`_
 * `Mailing list <http://groups.google.com/group/python-tornado>`_
 * `Wiki <https://github.com/facebook/tornado/wiki/Links>`_