# Liquid block containing the excerpt separator

**URL:** <https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/liquid-block-containing-the-excerpt-separator/4272>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [April 22, 2020, 10:15pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/liquid-block-containing-the-excerpt-separator/4272 "2020-04-22T22:15:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![vsiege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/db5fbb/32.png) [@vsiege](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/vsiege)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2020, 10:15pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/liquid-block-containing-the-excerpt-separator/4272/1 "2020-04-22T22:15:57Z")

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I can’t figure out what this means when I build the project. I have deleted every line in the file referenced, and that hasn’t gotten rid of this warning. What can I adjust?

**The warning I receive when build the project.**

> Warning: Excerpt modified in \_mycollection/how-to/index.md!  
> Found a Liquid block containing the excerpt separator “\n\n”.  
> The block has been modified with the appropriate closing tag.  
> Feel free to define a custom excerpt or excerpt\_separator in the  
> document’s Front Matter if the generated excerpt is unsatisfactory.

**My Current Install:**  
PLATFORMS  
ruby

```
DEPENDENCIES
  jekyll (~> 4.0.0)
  jekyll-itafroma-collapse_newlines (~> 0.1.0)
  tzinfo-data

BUNDLED WITH
   1.17.2

```

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**Author:** ![vsiege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/db5fbb/32.png) [@vsiege](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/vsiege)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2020, 10:22pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/liquid-block-containing-the-excerpt-separator/4272/2 "2020-04-22T22:22:18Z")

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Removing `{% strip %} `and `{% endstrip %}` removes this warning