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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Tornado Web Server
 asynchronous networking library, originally developed at `FriendFeed
 <http://friendfeed.com>`_.  By using non-blocking network I/O, Tornado
 can scale to tens of thousands of open connections, making it ideal for
-`long polling <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Push_technology#Long_polling>`_,
+`long polling <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Push_technology#Long_Polling>`_,
 `WebSockets <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebSocket>`_, and other
 applications that require a long-lived connection to each user.