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 ### Threadpool usage
 
-All callback and promise-based file system APIs ( with the exception of
+All callback and promise-based file system APIs (with the exception of
 `fs.FSWatcher()`) use libuv's threadpool. This can have surprising and negative
 performance implications for some applications. See the
 [`UV_THREADPOOL_SIZE`][] documentation for more information.