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@@ -1366,7 +1366,7 @@ $('#myPopover').on('hidden.bs.popover', function () {
 
   <h3>Markup</h3>
   <p>Just add <code>data-dismiss="alert"</code> to your close button to automatically give an alert close functionality.</p>
-  {% highlight html %}<a class="close" data-dismiss="alert" href="#" aria-hidden="true">&times;</a>{% endhighlight %}
+  {% highlight html %}<button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="alert" aria-hidden="true">&times;</button>{% endhighlight %}
 
   <h3>Methods</h3>