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@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ This section guides you through submitting an enhancement suggestion for Cloud P
 
 Unsure where to begin contributing to Cloud Posse? You can start by looking through issues with the following labels:
 
-- ![`help-wanted`](https://img.shields.io/badge/help_wanted-388bfd) - issues which should only require a few lines of code, and a test or two.
-- ![`beginner`](https://img.shields.io/badge/beginner-388bfd) - issues which should be a bit more involved than issues.
+- ![`help-wanted`](https://img.shields.io/badge/help_wanted-388bfd) issues which should only require a few lines of code, and a test or two.
+- ![`beginner`](https://img.shields.io/badge/beginner-388bfd) issues which should be a bit more involved than issues.
 
 ### Pull Requests