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+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ A port of the browser's `btoa` function.
 
 Uses `Buffer` to emulate the exact functionality of the browser's btoa (except that it supports unicode and the browser may not).
 
-It turns **b**inary data __to__ base64-encoded **a**scii.
+It turns <strong>b</strong>inary data __to__ base64-encoded <strong>a</strong>scii.
 
     (function () {
       "use strict";