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@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ facebook, or any other method with the owner of this repository before making a
 
 ## Building KickC
 
-The prerequisites for locally building KickC is Java JDK 8+ and Apache Maven 3+.
+The prerequisites for locally building KickC are the following
 
-*  Java JDK 8+ https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase
-*  Apache Maven 3+ https://maven.apache.org
+*  [Java JDK 8+](https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase)
+*  [Apache Maven 3+](https://maven.apache.org)
 
 The steps to build KickC is
 
@@ -16,4 +16,3 @@ The steps to build KickC is
 2.  Build and package the KickC compiler by entering the source directory and executing `mvn package`
 
 
-