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@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ Save the contents of the above example in `/etc/apache2/sites-available/netbox.c
 
 ## gunicorn Configuration
 
-Save the following configuration file in the root netbox installation path (in this example, `/opt/netbox/`.) as `gunicorn_config.py`. Be sure to verify the location of the gunicorn executable (e.g. `which gunicorn`) and to update the `pythonpath` variable if needed.
+Save the following configuration file in the root netbox installation path (in this example, `/opt/netbox/`) as `gunicorn_config.py`. Be sure to verify the location of the gunicorn executable (e.g. `which gunicorn`) and to update the `pythonpath` variable if needed.
 
 ```
 command = '/usr/bin/gunicorn'