diff --git a/COMPILING.md b/COMPILING.md
index 1fd9ca8b4..a8f60738d 100644
--- a/COMPILING.md
+++ b/COMPILING.md
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ COMPILING
 To compile Cuberite from source, you need the following set of software:
 
  * CMake
- * Platform-specific make tool (windows would be MSVC, linux/osx GNU make, etc.)
+ * Platform-specific make tool \(windows would be MSVC, linux/osx GNU make, etc.\)
  * C compiler
  * modern C++ compiler and linker
 
- To contribute code, you also need a Git client.
+To contribute code, you also need a Git client.
 
 Windows
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