diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ You can also specify a particular version of the design system. For example, thi
 yarn add https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri-design-system#v1.0.1
 ```
 
- Importable components and utilities are available under the `lib` path, for example:
+Importable components and utilities are available under the `lib` path, for example:
 
 ```javascript
 import KButton from 'kolibri-design-system/lib/KButton';
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ Icons are drawn from https://github.com/material-icons/material-icons and then c
 yarn run precompile-svgs
 ```
 
-We also output a set of reStructuredText replacement strings into the file ``docs/rstIconReplacements.txt`` which can be used in
+We also output a set of reStructuredText replacement strings into the file `docs/rstIconReplacements.txt` which can be used in
 user docs based on Sphinx. To update this file, run
 
 ```bash