diff --git a/runtime/docs/README.md b/runtime/docs/README.md
index 9d76b1036ef..eb52823e40e 100644
--- a/runtime/docs/README.md
+++ b/runtime/docs/README.md
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ class Cat {
 }                                 ICData
                                   ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐
 sameFace(animal, face) ┌─────────▶│// class, method, frequency          │
-  object.face == face; │          │[Dog, Dog.get:face, 2,               │
+  animal.face == face; │          │[Dog, Dog.get:face, 2,               │
         ┬              │          │ Cat, Cat.get:face, 1]               │
         └──────────────┤          └─────────────────────────────────────┘
 sameFace(Dog(), ...);  │          InlineCacheStub
@@ -957,4 +957,4 @@ See [Glossary](glossary.md)
 [`dart::Heap`]: https://github.com/dart-lang/sdk/blob/2ed6ea29003476e2a28fb5f4683a656427eb41ff/runtime/vm/heap/heap.h#L35
 [`dart::Thread`]: https://github.com/dart-lang/sdk/blob/2ed6ea29003476e2a28fb5f4683a656427eb41ff/runtime/vm/thread.h#L334
 [`Dart_RunLoop`]: https://github.com/dart-lang/sdk/blob/2ed6ea29003476e2a28fb5f4683a656427eb41ff/runtime/vm/dart_api_impl.cc#L2010
-[`dart::MessageHandler`]: https://github.com/dart-lang/sdk/blob/2ed6ea29003476e2a28fb5f4683a656427eb41ff/runtime/vm/message_handler.h#L20
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+[`dart::MessageHandler`]: https://github.com/dart-lang/sdk/blob/2ed6ea29003476e2a28fb5f4683a656427eb41ff/runtime/vm/message_handler.h#L20