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 ### GitHub Codespaces
 Follow these steps to open this sample in a Codespace:
 1. Click the Code drop-down menu and select the **Open with Codespaces** option.
-1. Select **+ New codespace** at the bottom on the pane. If you don't own the repo, this will create a fork of this repository under your account.
+1. Select **+ New codespace** at the bottom on the pane.
 
 For more info, check out the [GitHub documentation](https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/github/developing-online-with-codespaces/creating-a-codespace#creating-a-codespace).