diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@
     across the world with a central repository on GitHub.
 
     For more information see README.txt:
-    https://github.com/fltk/fltk/blob/master/README.txt
+    [https://github.com/fltk/fltk/blob/master/README.txt](https://github.com/fltk/fltk/blob/master/README.txt)
 
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