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 # r2dii.match (development version)
 
+* minor documentation edits (#532 and #534)
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+* adds {cli} as an import for better messaging (#534)
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 # r2dii.match 0.4.0
 
 * `data_dictionary` dataset added to define the columns in each dataset used or exported by the functions in this package