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@@ -23,17 +23,17 @@ pip install -r requirements.txt
 
 First, copy config.json.example to config.json. Then fill in the fields:
 
-`tokens.hs`: A randomly generated token
-`tokens.as`: Another randomly generated token
-`tokens.telegram`: The Telegram bot API token, as generated by @BotFather
-`tokens.google`: A Google API key, used for URL shortening. Can be left out to disable.
+* `tokens.hs`: A randomly generated token
+* `tokens.as`: Another randomly generated token
+* `tokens.telegram`: The Telegram bot API token, as generated by @BotFather
+* `tokens.google`: A Google API key, used for URL shortening. Can be left out to disable.
 
-`hosts.internal`: The homeserver host to connect to internally.
-`hosts.external`: The external domain of the homeserver, used for generating URLs.
-`hosts.bare`: Just the (sub)domain of the server.
+* `hosts.internal`: The homeserver host to connect to internally.
+* `hosts.external`: The external domain of the homeserver, used for generating URLs.
+* `hosts.bare`: Just the (sub)domain of the server.
 
-`user_id_format`: A Python `str.format`-style string to format user IDs as
-`db_url`: A SQLAlchemy URL for the database. See the [SQLAlchemy docs](http://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/latest/core/engines.html).
+* `user_id_format`: A Python `str.format`-style string to format user IDs as
+* `db_url`: A SQLAlchemy URL for the database. See the [SQLAlchemy docs](http://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/latest/core/engines.html).
 
 **Synapse configuration**