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 ### Custom Components
 
-In case you want to create your own component wrapping the ones that the library provides, you have to set its `tabsRole`. This is value is used inside react-tabs to check the role of a component inside `Tabs`.
+In case you want to create your own component wrapping the ones that the library provides, you have to set its `tabsRole`. This is value is used inside react-tabs to check the role of a component inside `<Tabs />`.
 
 ``` javascript
 import { Tabs, TabList, Tab, TabPanel } from 'react-tabs';