diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -124,7 +124,10 @@ you can configure repo2html by changing environment variables in the `post-recei
 for details about the environment variables, refer to the list below:
 
 - `REPO2HTML_PREFIX`: the web directory where repo2html generates static git repositories. for example, `/var/www/git/`.
-- `REPO2HTML_CLONE_URL`: the url that people will use when downloading your git repository. if you have git-daemon set up, then you can prefix the url with `git://`. otherwise, prefix the url with `http://`. for example, `git://git.example.com`. **note**: avoid slashes at the end of the url.
+- `REPO2HTML_CLONE_URL`: the url that people will use when downloading your git
+  repository. if you have git-daemon set up, then you can prefix the url with
+  `git://`. otherwise, prefix the url with `http://`. for example,
+  `git://git.example.com`. **note**: avoid slashes at the end of the url.
 - `REPO2HTML_TITLE`: the text that populates the `<title>` html tag.
 - `REPO2HTML_DESCRIPTION`: a string that populates the `description` meta information about your git repository.
 - `REPO2HTML_H1`: the text that populates the `<h1>` html tag.
@@ -135,13 +138,13 @@ TODO
 
 ## todos
 
-- documentation: convert a lot of the stuff i (m455) made in the readme into an e2e tutorial
-- documenation: scope the readme audience to folks who kind of know what they're doing with servers
-- feature: if no README.md file exists in the root directory of the repository, then don't create the "about" nav link. instead, make the files page the index.html
-- feature: add a "license" nav link if a LICENSE file exists in the root directory of the repository. if no LICENSE file exists, then don't create the "license" nav link
+- **documentation**: convert a lot of the stuff i (m455) made in the readme into an e2e tutorial
+- **documenation**: scope the readme audience to folks who kind of know what they're doing with servers
+- **feature** : if no README.md file exists in the root directory of the repository, then don't create the "about" nav link. instead, make the files page the index.html
+- **feature**: add a "license" nav link if a LICENSE file exists in the root directory of the repository. if no LICENSE file exists, then don't create the "license" nav link
 
 ## hopes
 
-- feature: clickable line numbers in source files
-- feature: make repos with more files and directories less daunting (recursively generate a files list page for each directory in a repo?)
-- feature: nav link: Releases
+- **feature**: clickable line numbers in source files
+- **feature**: make repos with more files and directories less daunting (recursively generate a files list page for each directory in a repo?)
+- **feature**: nav link: Releases