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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 
@@ -30,24 +30,16 @@ 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:
-```
--DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=directory
-```
---- Specify for directory the full pathname of where you want the HPVM tools and libraries to be installed.
 
-```
--DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=type
-```
---- Valid options for type are Debug, Release, RelWithDebInfo, and MinSizeRel. Default is Debug.
+* -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=directory --- Specify for directory the full pathname of where you want the HPVM tools and libraries to be installed.
 
-```
--DLLVM_ENABLE_ASSERTIONS=On
-```
---- Compile with assertion checks enabled (default is Yes for Debug builds, No for all other build types).
+* -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=type --- Valid options for type are Debug, Release, RelWithDebInfo, and MinSizeRel. Default is Debug.
+
+* -DLLVM_ENABLE_ASSERTIONS=On --- Compile with assertion checks enabled (default is Yes for Debug builds, No for all other build types).
 
 #Building hpvm runtime
 HPVM also includes a runtime library which comprises of low-level, target-specific wrappers required by HPVM's code generation.