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@@ -7,18 +7,17 @@ jOOQ stands for Java Object Oriented Querying. It combines these essential featu
     jOOQ generates a simple Java representation of your database schema. Every table, view, stored procedure, enum, UDT is a class.
 
   * Active records:
-    jOOQ implements an easy-to-use active record pattern. It is NOT an OR-mapper, but provides a 1:1 mapping between tables/views and classes. Between columns and members.
+    jOOQ implements an easy-to-use active record pattern. It is **not** an OR-mapper, but provides a 1:1 mapping between tables/views and classes. Between columns and members.
 
   * Typesafe SQL:
     jOOQ allows for writing compile-time typesafe querying using its built-in DSL.
 
   * SQL standard:
-    jOOQ supports all standard SQL language features including the more complex UNION's, nested SELECTs, joins, aliasing
+    jOOQ supports all standard SQL language features including the more complex `UNION`'s, nested `SELECT`s, joins, aliasing.
 
   * Vendor-specific feature support:
     jOOQ encourages the use of vendor-specific extensions such as stored procedures, UDT's and ARRAY's, recursive queries, and many more.
 
-For more details please visit http://www.jooq.org
+For more details please visit [jooq.org](http://www.jooq.org).
 
-Follow jOOQ on Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/JavaOOQ
-... and on Wordpress: http://lukaseder.wordpress.com
+Follow jOOQ on [Twitter](http://twitter.com/#!/JavaOOQ) and on [Wordpress](http://lukaseder.wordpress.com).