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@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ julia> using Trixi2Vtk
 ```
 To process an HDF5 file generated by Trixi.jl, execute
 ```julia
-Trixi2Vtk.convert(joinpath("out", "solution_000000.h5"), output_directory="out")
+julia> Trixi2Vtk.convert(joinpath("out", "solution_000000.h5"), output_directory="out")
 ```
 This will create two unstructured VTK files in the `out/` subdirectory that can
 be opened with ParaView or VisIt: `solution_000000.vtu` contains the