diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
index bb674eac9..ebee8d2fb 100644
--- a/docs/README.md
+++ b/docs/README.md
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ To build the docs locally:
 
 * Clone the project
 * Using pip, install sphinx (See: http://pip.readthedocs.org/)
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+```
     pip install sphinx  
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+```
 * Build the Docs
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+```
     cd xcat-docs/docs
     make html
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+```
 * View the docs by opening index.html from a web browser under xcat-docs/docs/build/html/index.html