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@@ -50,6 +50,6 @@ Building a binary will yield a `.js` file. In order to use it in an HTML file, y
 
 - Put a `<canvas id="my_id"></canvas>` element somewhere. A canvas corresponds to a winit "window".
 - Write a Javascript code that creates a global variable named `Module`. Set `Module.canvas` to
-  the ID of the `<canvas>` element (in the example this would be `"my_id"`). More information
-  [here](https://kripken.github.io/emscripten-site/docs/api_reference/module.html).
+  the element of the `<canvas>` element (in the example you would retrieve it via `document.getElementById("my_id")`).
+  More information [here](https://kripken.github.io/emscripten-site/docs/api_reference/module.html).
 - Make sure that you insert the `.js` file generated by Rust after the `Module` variable is created.