2 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
index be7f4e6df..431d1b814 100644
--- a/docs/README.md
+++ b/docs/README.md
@@ -15,16 +15,20 @@ out <https://packaging.python.org/guides/installing-using-pip-and-virtualenv>
 
 For example start with a clone of the hicn.
 
+```bash
 $ git clone <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/hicn>
 $ cd hicn
+```
 
 # Install the virtual environment
 
+```bash
 $ python3 -m pip install --user virtualenv
 $ python3 -m virtualenv env
 $ source env/bin/activate
 $ pip install -r docs/etc/requirements.txt
 $ cd docs
+```
 
 Which installs all the required applications into its own, isolated,
 virtual environment, so as to not interfere with other builds that may
@@ -35,7 +39,9 @@ use different versions of software.
 Be sure you are in your hicn/docs directory, since that is where Sphinx will
 look for your conf.py file, and build the documents into an index.html file
 
+```bash
 $ make html
+```
 
 # View the results
 
diff --git a/docs/source/telemetry.md b/docs/source/telemetry.md
index 4296f1c12..5cc751525 100644
--- a/docs/source/telemetry.md
+++ b/docs/source/telemetry.md
@@ -41,18 +41,18 @@ hICN collectd plugins have been tested in:
 
 Build dependencies:
 
-- VPP 20.01
-  - DEB packages (can be found https://packagecloud.io/fdio/release/install):
+- VPP 20.01, Debian packages can be found on [packagecloud](https://packagecloud.io/fdio/release/install):
   - vpp
   - libvppinfra-dev
   - vpp-dev
   - hicn-plugin-dev
+- `collectd` and `collectd-dev`: `sudo apt install collectd collectd-dev`
 
 ## Getting started
 
-Collectd needs to be configured in order to use the hICN collectd plugins.
-The configuration can be achieved editing the file '/etc/collectd/collectd.conf'
-and adding the following lines:
+Collectd needs to be configured in order to use the hICN plugins.
+To enable the plugins, add the following lines to `/etc/collectd/collectd.conf`:
+
 ```
 LoadPlugin vpp
 LoadPlugin vpp_hicn