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 ## Custom ghc-mod cradle
 
-To customize the package databases used by `ghc-mod`, put a file called `.ghc-mod.cradle` beside the `.cabal` file with the following syntax:
+To customize the package databases used by `ghc-mod`, put a file called `ghc-mod.cradle` beside the `.cabal` file with the following syntax:
 
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