diff --git a/docs/src/external.md b/docs/src/external.md
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--- a/docs/src/external.md
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@@ -66,5 +66,5 @@ There are two typical solutions to this problem:
 When working with non-Julia libraries or tools, `MPI_Init` may be invoked in another part
 of the execution flow and not via MPI.jl's [`MPI.Init`](@ref) function. This leaves some
 package-internal settings uninitialized. In this case, you need to call
-[`MPI.run_init_hooks()`)(@ref) manually to fully initialize MPI.jl. You may also want to
-consider calling [`MPI.set_default_error_handler_return()`](@ref).
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+[`MPI.run_init_hooks()`](@ref) manually to fully initialize MPI.jl. You may also want to
+consider calling [`MPI.set_default_error_handler_return()`](@ref).