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@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ provides a more detailed description of what the parameters do.
     behavior, this parameter defaults to `true`; however you can explicitly disable it if required. You can specify the
     access permissions of directories created by force by providing a third array item in the link descriptor. For
     example, if you wanted the `.ssh` directory to be created with mode `700`, you could write the following:
-    `[".ssh/id_rsa.pub", ".ssh_flatline/id_rsa.pub", 0700]`. Notice that you can specify permissions in octal notation
+    `[".ssh/id_rsa.pub", ".ssh_flatline/id_rsa.pub", "0700"]`. Notice that you can specify permissions in octal notation
     by adding a leading zero value (the `0x` prefix signifies hexadecimal).
 
 *   `nocmd`