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-** IMPORTANT NOTE **
-** NCCL1 is no longer maintained/updated and has been replaced by NCCL2, available at http://developer.nvidia.com/nccl. **
+**IMPORTANT NOTE**
+
+**NCCL1 is no longer maintained/updated and has been replaced by NCCL2, available at http://developer.nvidia.com/nccl.**
 
 # NCCL