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README.rst

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ You are free to use this code, but no warranty whatsoever is given.
 
 To install the package, first download from Bitbucket. Then enter the directory, and run the setup script. An example is shown below of these three steps, where the installed files goes into your .local/ directory in $HOME.
 
-        git clone https://bitbucket.org/ess-bp/ess-python-tools.git
-        cd ess-python-tools
-        python setup.py install --prefix=~/.local/
+```
+git clone https://bitbucket.org/ess-bp/ess-python-tools.git
+cd ess-python-tools
+python setup.py install --prefix=~/.local/
+```