diff --git a/.rspec b/.rspec
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.rspec
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+--color
+--format documentation
diff --git a/spec/spec.opts b/spec/spec.opts
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---color
---format specdoc
---loadby mtime
---reverse