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@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ This is the recommended approach, and is tested on OS X 10.10 as well as Ubuntu
 * If your host is OS X, download VirtualBox from
   <http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.3.30/VirtualBox-4.3.30-101610-OSX.dmg>
   and install it.
-* If your host is Ubuntu 14.04:
-  sudo apt-get install vagrant lxc lxc-templates cgroup-lite redir && vagrant plugin install vagrant-lxc
+* If your host is Ubuntu 14.04: 
+  `sudo apt-get install vagrant lxc lxc-templates cgroup-lite redir && vagrant plugin install vagrant-lxc`
 
 Once that's done, simply change to your zulip directory and run
 `vagrant up` in your terminal.  That will install the development