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 	cmake .
 
-Then you can use make as you normally would (pass -j <count> to perform <count>
+Then you can use make as you normally would (pass `-j <count>` to perform `<count>`
 jobs in parallel).
 
 You can also use the Ninja generator of cmake, to do that pass