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@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 
 htop
+====
+
 by Hisham Muhammad <hisham@gobolinux.org>
 
 May, 2004 - January, 2014
 
 Introduction
-~~~~~~~~~~~~
+------------
 
 This is htop, an interactive process viewer.
 It requires ncurses. It is tested with Linux 2.6,
@@ -23,28 +25,32 @@ and is reasonably complete, but there is still room for
 improvement. Read the TODO file to see what's known to be missing.
 
 Comparison between 'htop' and 'top'
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+-----------------------------------
 
- * In 'htop' you can scroll the list vertically and horizontally
-   to see all processes and full command lines.
- * In 'top' you are subject to a delay for each unassigned
-   key you press (especially annoying when multi-key escape
-   sequences are triggered by accident).
- * 'htop' starts faster ('top' seems to collect data for a while
-   before displaying anything).
- * In 'htop' you don't need to type the process number to
-   kill a process, in 'top' you do.
- * In 'htop' you don't need to type the process number or
-   the priority value to renice a process, in 'top' you do.
- * In 'htop' you can kill multiple processes at once.
- * 'top' is older, hence, more tested.
+* In 'htop' you can scroll the list vertically and horizontally
+  to see all processes and full command lines.
+* In 'top' you are subject to a delay for each unassigned
+  key you press (especially annoying when multi-key escape
+  sequences are triggered by accident).
+* 'htop' starts faster ('top' seems to collect data for a while
+  before displaying anything).
+* In 'htop' you don't need to type the process number to
+  kill a process, in 'top' you do.
+* In 'htop' you don't need to type the process number or
+  the priority value to renice a process, in 'top' you do.
+* In 'htop' you can kill multiple processes at once.
+* 'top' is older, hence, more tested.
 
 Compilation instructions
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+------------------------
 
 This program is distributed as a standard autotools-based package.
 See the INSTALL file for detailed instructions, but you are
-probably used to the common "configure/make/make install" routine.
+probably used to the common `./configure`/`make`/`make install` routine.
+
+When fetching the code from the development repository, you need
+to run the `./autogen.sh` script, which in turn requires autotools
+to be installed.
 
 See the manual page (man htop) or the on-line help ('F1' or 'h'
 inside htop) for a list of supported key commands.