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@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ You can also [download the latest release zip or tarball](https://github.com/sho
 
 After including the extension in your application, you just need to enable it in showdown.
 
-    var converter = new Showdown.converter({extensions: ['prettify']});
+    var converter = new showdown.Converter({extensions: ['prettify']});
 
 ## Example