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 ## Importing from the base library
 
-View the [online documentation for the Motoko base library](../base/index).
+View the [online documentation for the Motoko base library](../base/index.md).
 
 You can find source code for the Motoko base modules in the open source [repository](https://github.com/dfinity/motoko-base).