diff --git a/docs/08.1-more-about-refs.md b/docs/08.1-more-about-refs.md
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--- a/docs/08.1-more-about-refs.md
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@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ It's as simple as assigning a `ref` attribute to anything returned from `render`
   });
 ```
 
-In this example, our render function returns a description of an `<input />` instance. But the true instance is accessed via `this.refs.theInput`. As long as a child component with `ref="theInput"` is returned from render, `this.refs.theInput` will access the proper instance. This even works on higher level (non-DOM) components such as `<Typeahead ref="myTypeahead" />`.
+In this example, our render function returns a description of an `<input />` instance. But the true instance is accessed via `this.refs.theInput`. As long as a child component with `ref="theInput"` is returned from `render`, `this.refs.theInput` will access the proper instance. This even works on higher level (non-DOM) components such as `<Typeahead ref="myTypeahead" />`.
 
 
 ## Summary