# Mix format doesn't format docs

**URL:** <https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/mix-format-doesnt-format-docs/13465>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** troubleshooting\
**Created:** [April 3, 2018, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/mix-format-doesnt-format-docs/13465 "2018-04-03T14:52:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![NobbZ](https://forum.elixirforum.com/user_avatar/forum.elixirforum.com/nobbz/32/27235_2.png) [@NobbZ](https://forum.elixirforum.com/u/NobbZ)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 7:10pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/mix-format-doesnt-format-docs/13465/7 "2018-04-03T19:10:43Z")

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The formatter is **dumb** , it does not know if the string it sees is ordinary code or documentation. Changing it in any way might result in broken output if it is regular code, therefore string literals are not touched.

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