diff --git a/CONCURRENCY.md b/CONCURRENCY.md
index 6018e9e5fc7..03f10ef416c 100644
--- a/CONCURRENCY.md
+++ b/CONCURRENCY.md
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ future.consume {
   concurrent threads, if the worker mechanisms are insufficient for a particular task. Note, that object detachment
   may require explicit leaving function holding object references and then performing cyclic garbage collection.
   For example, code like:
-```$kotlin
+```kotlin
 val graph = DetachedObjectGraph {
     val map = mutableMapOf<String, String>()
     for (entry in map.entries) {
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ val graph = DetachedObjectGraph {
 }
 ```
   will not work as expected and will throw runtime exception, as there are uncollected cycles in the detached graph, while:
-```$kotlin
+```kotlin
 val graph = DetachedObjectGraph {
     {
      val map = mutableMapOf<String, String>()
@@ -207,4 +207,4 @@ that are potentially parts of shared cyclic data should be zeroed out once no lo
  If atomic reference value is attempted to be set to non-frozen value runtime exception is thrown.
 
  Freezable atomic reference is similar to the regular atomic reference, but until frozen behaves like regular box
-for a reference. After freezing it behaves like an atomic reference, and can only hold a reference to a frozen object.
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+for a reference. After freezing it behaves like an atomic reference, and can only hold a reference to a frozen object.