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 ## Contact
 
-- IRC: #[etcd](irc://irc.freenode.org:6667/#clair) on freenode.org
+- IRC: #[clair](irc://irc.freenode.org:6667/#clair) on freenode.org
 - Bugs: [issues](https://github.com/coreos/etcd/issues)
 
 ## Contributing