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 <a name="columns"></a>
 ## Columns
-Every React-Table instance requires a `columns` prop, which is an array of objects containing the following properties
+`<ReactTable/>` requires a `columns` prop, which is an array of objects with the following properties
 
 ```javascript
 [{