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 # go-hexadeca
 
-Package **hexadeca** implements hexadecimal encoding and decoding, for the Go programming language.
+Package **hexadeca** implements **hexadecimal** _encoding_ and _decoding_, for the Go programming language.
 This is meant to be a better alternative to Go's built-in "hex" package.
 
 Package **hexadeca** has functions for hexadecimal encoding and decoding with Go types: