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@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ To Run:
     * **biohpc_max** = process on high power BioHPC cluster nodes (=> 128GB nodes), for resource testing
     * **aws_ondemand** = AWS Batch on-demand instant requests
     * **aws_spot** = AWS Batch spot instance requests
-  * `--email`  email address(es) to send failure notification (comma separated) ***(optional)***:
-    * e.g: --email 'venkat.malladi@utsouthwestern.edu,Gervaise.Henry@UTSouthwestern.edu'
+  * `--email` email address(es) to send failure notification (comma separated) ***(optional)***:
+    * e.g: `--email 'venkat.malladi@utsouthwestern.edu,Gervaise.Henry@UTSouthwestern.edu'`
     
 * NOTES:
   * once deriva-auth is run and authenticated, the two files above are saved in ```~/.deriva/``` (see official documents from [deriva](https://github.com/informatics-isi-edu/deriva-client#installer-packages-for-windows-and-macosx) on the lifetime of the credentials)