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@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ You would need to download and install the following components for using AVX an
 
 Checkout HPVM:
 ```shell
-* git clone https://gitlab.engr.illinois.edu/llvm/hpvm.git
-* git checkout hpvm-reorg-9 (this step may not be needed once code is mirrored on Github)
+    git clone https://gitlab.engr.illinois.edu/llvm/hpvm.git
+    git checkout hpvm-reorg-9 (this step may not be needed once code is mirrored on Github)
 ```
 
 HPVM installer script can be used to dowwnload, configure and build HPMV along with LLVM and other subprojects including Clang. 
 ```shell
-* bash install.sh
+    bash install.sh
 ```
 Specifically, the HPVM installer downloads the LLVM, Clang, compiler-rt, libcxxabi and lld, copies HPVM source into 
 llvm/tools and build the entire tree. LLVM C-Backend is also built as a part of HPVM and is currently used to perform 
@@ -30,21 +30,21 @@ code generation in OpenCL for GPUs. The script provides you with an option to ch
 
 Alternatively, CMake can be run manually.
 ```shell
-* cd hpvm/build
-* cmake ../llvm [options]
+    cd hpvm/build
+    cmake ../llvm [options]
 ```
 Some common options that can be used with CMake are:
-```shell
-* -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=directory
+```
+-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=directory
 ```
 --- Specify for directory the full pathname of where you want the HPVM tools and libraries to be installed.
 
-```shell
+```
 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=type
 ```
 --- Valid options for type are Debug, Release, RelWithDebInfo, and MinSizeRel. Default is Debug.
 
-```shell
+```
 -DLLVM_ENABLE_ASSERTIONS=On
 ```
 --- Compile with assertion checks enabled (default is Yes for Debug builds, No for all other build types).