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@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ The easiest way to install the package is via the platform-specific [wheels](htt
 python -m pip install simplextree 
 ```
 
-You can also `pip install` the package manually by downloading the appropriate wheel (or sdist) from the [releases](https://github.com/peekxc/simplextree-py/releases/).
+You can also install the package manually by downloading the appropriate wheel (or sdist) from the [releases](https://github.com/peekxc/simplextree-py/releases/).
 
 For installation instructions for developers looking to extend the package, see [Building & Developing](#building--developing).
 
@@ -127,4 +127,4 @@ Unit testing is handled with [pytest](https://docs.pytest.org/en/7.4.x/). See th
 
 The underlying C++ library is [header-only](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Header-only) and may be included as a dependency by [extension modules](https://docs.python.org/3/extending/extending.html) in other Python packages.
 
-Thus, to modify or extending the complex in C++, it is sufficient to add the package as a build-time dependency and append the include directory to the compilation target.
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+Thus, to modify or extending the complex in C++, it is sufficient to add the package as a build-time dependency and append the include directory to the compilation target.