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 ### Example 7: Lockfiles
 
-`conda list --explicit` and [conda-lock][conda-lock] support generating [explicit
-environment specifications][explicit-spec], which skip the environment solution
-step altogether, as they contain the _ordered_ list of exact URLs needed to
-reproduce the environment.
+`conda list --explicit` and [conda-lock][conda-lock] support generating
+[explicit environment specifications][explicit-spec], which skip the environment
+solution step altogether, as they contain the _ordered_ list of exact URLs
+needed to reproduce the environment.
 
 This means explicitly-defined environments which: