diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 15926691e7..b91369fb3a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ To build the dataset we use the csv version of the current edition.
 
 Tools needed: [MDBTools](http://mdbtools.sourceforge.net/) and [CSVKit](https://github.com/onyxfish/csvkit).
 Download the current edition from [UNECE](https://www.unece.org/cefact/codesfortrade/codes_index.html) and put it into the root directory.
-Then execute ```bash scripts/prepare_edition_mdb.sh loc{ed}mdb.zip```, where {ed} identify the release.
+Then execute `bash scripts/prepare_edition_mdb.sh loc{ed}mdb.zip`, where `{ed}` identify the release.
 
 To integrate the data from the csv then run the python file
 
@@ -24,11 +24,12 @@ pip install pandas titlecase
 ```
 
 Run:
+
 ```
 python scripts/integrate.py loc232csv.zip
 ```
 
-The provided ```prepare.py``` file would work alone when the original csv file will be fixed upstream.
+The provided `prepare.py` file would work alone when the original csv file will be fixed upstream.
 
 ## License