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@@ -22,17 +22,17 @@ rbot.conf and auth.conf will be copied. Configure those and then run the bot:
 
 All commands are prefixed with the trigger configured in rbot.conf.
 
-`tr text`: detect the language of text
-`tr en|ja en|es text`: translate text into Japanese and Spanish
-`flags raylu`: get's raylu's flags
-`flags`: get's the flags of the user executing the command
-`add john t`: gives john the t flag
-`remove john t`: removes the t flag from john
-`remove john`: removes all of john's flags
-`topic text`: sets the topic and basetopic to text
-`topic`: gets the current basetopic
-`appendtopic text`: if the topic does not starts with basetopic, sets the basetopic to the current topic. Makes the topic basetopic+text.
-`say text`: says text to the channel
+- `tr text`: detect the language of text
+- `tr en|ja en|es text`: translate text into Japanese and Spanish
+- `flags raylu`: get's raylu's flags
+- `flags`: get's the flags of the user executing the command
+- `add john t`: gives john the t flag
+- `remove john t`: removes the t flag from john
+- `remove john`: removes all of john's flags
+- `topic text`: sets the topic and basetopic to text
+- `topic`: gets the current basetopic
+- `appendtopic text`: if the topic does not starts with basetopic, sets the basetopic to the current topic. Makes the topic basetopic+text.
+- `say text`: says text to the channel
 
 Commands that don't require access behave the same when sent to a channel the bot is in and when whispered to the bot. Commands that require access are listed above as if they were sent to a channel. When sent as a whisper, the first argument must be a channel name.
 
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ Access is configured in auth.conf and based on ident and host; nick is ignored.
 
 The following is a description of the commands enabled by each flag:
 
-`a`: add remove
-`t`: topic appendtopic
-`s`: say
+- `a`: add remove
+- `t`: topic appendtopic
+- `s`: say
 
 In addition, a user must have _some_ access to use `flags`.