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@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ A mirror of Polymer's components so that they can be used directly from CDN
 
 ## How to use
 In general, given an element named `my-cool-element`, the CDN url for it will be:
-
-> https://cdn.rawgit.com/download/polymer-cdn/1.0.0/lib/**my-cool-element**/**my-cool-element**.html
-
+```
+https://cdn.rawgit.com/download/polymer-cdn/1.0.0/lib/my-cool-element/my-cool-element.html
+```
 
 ## Contents
 <dl>