diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c4e1d1f..50ea159 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ Hastic can be configured using config-file or environment variables.
 At first, choose which datasource you'll be using: `prometheus` or `influx`. Only one can be used at a time.
 
 #### Config-file
-- copy the config example to the release directory
+- copy the config example to the release directory:
 ```bash
 cp config.example.toml release/config.toml
 ```
-- edit the config file, e.g. using `nano`
+- edit the config file, e.g. using `nano`:
 ```bash
 nano release/config.toml
 ```
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export HASTIC_PROMETHEUS__URL=http://localhost:9090
 export HASTIC_PROMETHEUS__QUERY=rate(go_memstats_alloc_bytes_total[5m])
 ```
 
-or specifing them in a run command (they'll be actual only for one run)
+or specifing them in a run command (they'll be actual only for one run):
 ```bash
 HASTIC_PORT=8000 HASTIC_PROMETHEUS__URL=http://localhost:9090 HASTIC_PROMETHEUS__QUERY=rate(go_memstats_alloc_bytes_total[5m]) ./release/hastic
 ```