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   <summary><b>Can I use custom Icons?</b></summary>
-  Yes.  Just use <code>&lt;Icon className='my-icon' /&gt;</code> instead of `&lt;Icon name='my-icon' /&gt;`.  See https://github.com/Semantic-Org/Semantic-UI-React/issues/931#issuecomment-263643210 for detailed info and examples.
+  Yes.  Just use <code>&lt;Icon className='my-icon' /&gt;</code> instead of <code>&lt;Icon name='my-icon' /&gt;</code>.  See https://github.com/Semantic-Org/Semantic-UI-React/issues/931#issuecomment-263643210 for detailed info and examples.
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