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 #### Globbing examples
 
-To lint all Markdown files in a Node.js project (excluding dependencies), the following commands might be used:
+To lint all Markdown files recursively in a Node.js project (excluding dependencies), `**/*.md` wildcard comes in handy. The following commands might be used:
 
 Windows CMD: `markdownlint **/*.md --ignore node_modules`