diff --git a/examples/spherical-mercator.html b/examples/spherical-mercator.html
index ebddb1b892..502aa0c466 100644
--- a/examples/spherical-mercator.html
+++ b/examples/spherical-mercator.html
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
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