diff --git a/src/scope/raii.md b/src/scope/raii.md
index 7b6bca6184..6d94b07138 100644
--- a/src/scope/raii.md
+++ b/src/scope/raii.md
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ fn main() {
 
 Of course, we can double check for memory errors using [`valgrind`][valgrind]:
 
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 ```shell
 $ rustc raii.rs && valgrind ./raii
 ==26873== Memcheck, a memory error detector
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ $ rustc raii.rs && valgrind ./raii
 ==26873== For counts of detected and suppressed errors, rerun with: -v
 ==26873== ERROR SUMMARY: 0 errors from 0 contexts (suppressed: 2 from 2)
 ```
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 No leaks here!
 
diff --git a/src/std/panic.md b/src/std/panic.md
index b22000494c..d08d1f4e28 100644
--- a/src/std/panic.md
+++ b/src/std/panic.md
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ fn main() {
 
 Let's check that `panic!` doesn't leak memory.
 
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 ```shell
 $ rustc panic.rs && valgrind ./panic
 ==4401== Memcheck, a memory error detector
@@ -52,3 +54,4 @@ thread '<main>' panicked at 'division by zero', panic.rs:5
 ==4401== For counts of detected and suppressed errors, rerun with: -v
 ==4401== ERROR SUMMARY: 0 errors from 0 contexts (suppressed: 0 from 0)
 ```
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