diff --git a/doc/basics.md b/doc/basics.md
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@@ -93,8 +93,11 @@ cargo dev ra_setup
 ```
 
 ## lintcheck
-`cargo lintcheck` will build and run clippy on a fixed set of crates and generate a log of the results. You can `git diff` the updated log against its previous version and see what impact your lint made on a small set of crates.  
-If you add a new lint, please audit the resulting warnings and make sure there are no false positives and that the suggestions are valid.
+`cargo lintcheck` will build and run clippy on a fixed set of crates and generate a log of the results.  
+You can `git diff` the updated log against its previous version and 
+see what impact your lint made on a small set of crates.  
+If you add a new lint, please audit the resulting warnings and make sure 
+there are no false positives and that the suggestions are valid.
 
 Refer to the tools [README] for more details.
 
diff --git a/lintcheck/README.md b/lintcheck/README.md
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--- a/lintcheck/README.md
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@@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ is checked.
 is explicitly specified in the options.
 
 ### Fix mode
-You can run `./lintcheck/target/debug/lintcheck --fix` which will run Clippy with `-Zunstable-options --fix` and print a warning if Clippys suggestions fail to apply (if the resulting code does not build).
+You can run `./lintcheck/target/debug/lintcheck --fix` which will run Clippy with `-Zunstable-options --fix` and
+print a warning if Clippys suggestions fail to apply (if the resulting code does not build).  
 This lets us spot bad suggestions or false positives automatically in some cases.  
 
-Please note that the target dir should be cleaned afterwards since clippy will modify the downloaded sources which can lead to unexpected results when running lintcheck again afterwards.
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+Please note that the target dir should be cleaned afterwards since clippy will modify 
+the downloaded sources which can lead to unexpected results when running lintcheck again afterwards.