diff --git a/try/readme.md b/try/readme.md
index 242ccbab..eaaa020c 100644
--- a/try/readme.md
+++ b/try/readme.md
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ This is the code to build the https://wren.io/try wasm component.
 - Install emscripten sdk from https://emscripten.org/
 - Make the emsdk available to your terminal/PATH 
 	- for example:
-    - source ~/dev/emsdk/emsdk_env.sh
+    - `source ~/dev/emsdk/emsdk_env.sh`
 - Run the emmake command to build
-    - emmake make 
+    - `emmake make`
 
 That should be all. This builds a js + wasm file for the page.
 
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ The page is at `doc/site/try/template.html`.
 
 It loads `wren_try.js` which loads `wren_try.wasm`.
 The page uses emscripten API to call the `wren_compile` C function, found in `main.try.c`.
-The page hooks up printf/logging to the console for display.
+The page hooks up `printf` logging to the console for display.
 
 ### Notes
 
-- The binaries land in bin/wren_try.wasm and bin/wren_try.js when building
-- The default html output from emsripten is not used, doc/site/try/template.html is
-- The wren_try.js and wren_try.wasm files are copied to doc/site/static
-- The make project is a modified version of projects/make
-- The code relies on code in test/ 
\ No newline at end of file
+- The binaries land in `bin/wren_try.wasm` and `bin/wren_try.js` when building
+- The default html output from emsripten is not used, `doc/site/try/template.html` is
+- The wren_try.js and wren_try.wasm files are copied to `doc/site/static`
+- The make project is a modified version of `projects/make`
+- The code relies on code in `test/`