diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ ABC is always changing but the current snapshot is believed to be stable.
 To compile ABC as a binary, download and unzip the code, then type `make`.
 To compile ABC as a static library, type `make libabc.a`.
 
-When ABC is used as a static library, two additional procedures, `Abc_Start()` 
-and `Abc_Stop()`, are provided for starting and quitting the ABC framework in 
-the calling application. A simple demo program (file src/demo.c) shows how to 
-create a stand-alone program performing DAG-aware AIG rewriting, by calling 
+When ABC is used as a static library, two additional procedures, `Abc_Start()`
+and `Abc_Stop()`, are provided for starting and quitting the ABC framework in
+the calling application. A simple demo program (file src/demo.c) shows how to
+create a stand-alone program performing DAG-aware AIG rewriting, by calling
 APIs of ABC compiled as a static library.
 
 To build the demo program
@@ -59,9 +59,10 @@ The current version of ABC can be compiled with C compiler or C++ compiler.
 ## Building a shared library
 
  * Compile the code as position-independent by adding `ABC_USE_PIC=1`.
- * Build the `libabc.so` target: 
- 
-     make ABC_USE_PIC=1 libabc.so
+ * Build the `libabc.so` target:
+```bash
+make ABC_USE_PIC=1 libabc.so
+```
 
 ## Bug reporting: