1 files changed, 16 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/doc/api/assert.md b/doc/api/assert.md
index c2978b1f4f..7df70f60c3 100644
--- a/doc/api/assert.md
+++ b/doc/api/assert.md
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ lax:
 assert.deepEqual(/a/gi, new Date());
 ```
 
-## assert(value[, message])
+## assert(value\[, message\])
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.5.9
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@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ added: v0.5.9
 
 An alias of [`assert.ok()`][].
 
-## assert.deepEqual(actual, expected[, message])
+## assert.deepEqual(actual, expected\[, message\])
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 added: v0.1.21
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@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ parameter is undefined, a default error message is assigned. If the `message`
 parameter is an instance of an [`Error`][] then it will be thrown instead of the
 [`AssertionError`][].
 
-## assert.deepStrictEqual(actual, expected[, message])
+## assert.deepStrictEqual(actual, expected\[, message\])
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@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ parameter is undefined, a default error message is assigned. If the `message`
 parameter is an instance of an [`Error`][] then it will be thrown instead of the
 `AssertionError`.
 
-## assert.doesNotReject(asyncFn[, error][, message])
+## assert.doesNotReject(asyncFn\[, error\]\[, message\])
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@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ assert.doesNotReject(Promise.reject(new TypeError('Wrong value')))
   });
 ```
 
-## assert.doesNotThrow(fn[, error][, message])
+## assert.doesNotThrow(fn\[, error\]\[, message\])
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 added: v0.1.21
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@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ assert.doesNotThrow(
 // Throws: AssertionError: Got unwanted exception: Whoops
 ```
 
-## assert.equal(actual, expected[, message])
+## assert.equal(actual, expected\[, message\])
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 added: v0.1.21
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@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ parameter is undefined, a default error message is assigned. If the `message`
 parameter is an instance of an [`Error`][] then it will be thrown instead of the
 `AssertionError`.
 
-## assert.fail([message])
+## assert.fail(\[message\])
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 added: v0.1.21
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@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ assert.fail(new TypeError('need array'));
 Using `assert.fail()` with more than two arguments is possible but deprecated.
 See below for further details.
 
-## assert.fail(actual, expected[, message[, operator[, stackStartFn]]])
+## assert.fail(actual, expected\[, message\[, operator\[, stackStartFn\]\]\])
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 added: v0.1.21
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@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ let err;
 //     at errorFrame
 ```
 
-## assert.notDeepEqual(actual, expected[, message])
+## assert.notDeepEqual(actual, expected\[, message\])
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 added: v0.1.21
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@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ If the values are deeply equal, an [`AssertionError`][] is thrown with a
 `message` parameter is an instance of an [`Error`][] then it will be thrown
 instead of the `AssertionError`.
 
-## assert.notDeepStrictEqual(actual, expected[, message])
+## assert.notDeepStrictEqual(actual, expected\[, message\])
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 added: v1.2.0
 changes:
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@ the `message` parameter is undefined, a default error message is assigned. If
 the `message` parameter is an instance of an [`Error`][] then it will be thrown
 instead of the [`AssertionError`][].
 
-## assert.notEqual(actual, expected[, message])
+## assert.notEqual(actual, expected\[, message\])
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 added: v0.1.21
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@@ -885,7 +885,7 @@ parameter is undefined, a default error message is assigned. If the `message`
 parameter is an instance of an [`Error`][] then it will be thrown instead of the
 `AssertionError`.
 
-## assert.notStrictEqual(actual, expected[, message])
+## assert.notStrictEqual(actual, expected\[, message\])
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.1.21
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@@ -922,7 +922,7 @@ If the values are strictly equal, an [`AssertionError`][] is thrown with a
 `message` parameter is an instance of an [`Error`][] then it will be thrown
 instead of the `AssertionError`.
 
-## assert.ok(value[, message])
+## assert.ok(value\[, message\])
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 added: v0.1.21
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@@ -990,7 +990,7 @@ assert(0);
 //   assert(0)
 ```
 
-## assert.rejects(asyncFn[, error][, message])
+## assert.rejects(asyncFn\[, error\]\[, message\])
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 added: v10.0.0
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@@ -1049,7 +1049,7 @@ argument, then `error` is assumed to be omitted and the string will be used for
 example in [`assert.throws()`][] carefully if using a string as the second
 argument gets considered.
 
-## assert.strictEqual(actual, expected[, message])
+## assert.strictEqual(actual, expected\[, message\])
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.1.21
 changes:
@@ -1099,7 +1099,7 @@ If the values are not strictly equal, an [`AssertionError`][] is thrown with a
 `message` parameter is an instance of an [`Error`][] then it will be thrown
 instead of the [`AssertionError`][].
 
-## assert.throws(fn[, error][, message])
+## assert.throws(fn\[, error\]\[, message\])
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