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-Required fields are marked with an * prepended to their labels.
+Required fields are marked with an * appended to their labels.
 
 By default all inputs are required. When the form object includes `ActiveModel::Validations`
 (which, for example, happens with Active Record models), fields are required only when there is `presence` validation.