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@@ -11,31 +11,32 @@ Note: This work was initially based off of [tokyo-tyrant-sessions](http://github
 
 Dependencies
 ------------
-* [Lazyboy](http://github.com/ieure/lazyboy/) * Use Ian Eure's version as it supports 0.6.1 of Cassandra
+* [Lazyboy](http://github.com/ieure/lazyboy/) (Use Ian Eure's version as it supports 0.6.1 of Cassandra)
 
 Installing cassandra-sessions
 -----------------------------
 
-1. Either download the tarball and run 'python setup.py install', or simply
-   use easy install or pip like so 'easy_install cassandra-sessions'.
+1.  download the source and run 
+
+       `python setup.py install`
 
 
 2. Set 'cassandra-sessions' as your session engine, like so:
 
-       SESSION_ENGINE = 'cassandra-sessions'
+       `SESSION_ENGINE = 'cassandra-sessions'`
 
 
 3. Add settings describing where to connect to Cassandra:
 
-    CASSANDRA_POOL = ('127.0.0.1:9160',)
-    CASSANDRA_SESSION_KEYSPACE = 'Testing'
+    `CASSANDRA_POOL = ('127.0.0.1:9160',)
+    CASSANDRA_SESSION_KEYSPACE = 'Testing'`
 
 
 4. Create the Keyspace and Column Family in Cassandra:
 
-    <Keyspace Name="Testing">
+    `<Keyspace Name="Testing">
       <ColumnFamily Name="Sessions" CompareWith="UTF8Type"/>
       <ReplicaPlacementStrategy>org.apache.cassandra.locator.RackUnawareStrategy</ReplicaPlacementStrategy>
       <ReplicationFactor>1</ReplicationFactor>
       <EndPointSnitch>org.apache.cassandra.locator.EndPointSnitch</EndPointSnitch>
-    </Keyspace>
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+    </Keyspace>`
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