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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Install via pip from this repo, e.g.
 
 Umbra requires an AMQP messaging service like RabbitMQ. On Ubuntu,
 `sudo apt-get install rabbitmq-server` will install and start RabbitMQ
-at amqp://guest:guest@localhost:5672/%2f, which the default AMQP url for umbra.
+at amqp://guest:guest@localhost:5672//, which is the default AMQP url for umbra.
 
 Run
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