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@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 and ready for distribution.  We just untar the full tools tarball onto
 any other machine.  The only restrictions are:
 
-    - We must un-tar *so that the tools directory ends up in the same
+    * We must un-tar *so that the tools directory ends up in the same
       location in the filesystem as where it was built*.  The binaries
       we've just created make assumptions about where to find their
       libraries and other dependencies.  So, if we built the tools
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
       In this example, you could either symlink `tools` to that
       directory or just rename the directory accordingly.
 
-    - The buil- and target machines must have reasonably close kernel
+    * The build- and target machines must have reasonably close kernel
       versions.  That's because the bootstrap phase makes use of
       native OS header files that are kernel-dependent.  If, say,
       you try to build this on a CentOS 7 instance, but then attempt