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@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ Do not mix spaces and tabs.
 Do not introduce lines longer than 80 characters.
 
 [erlang-mode (emacs)](http://www.erlang.org/doc/man/erlang.el.html) indentation is preferred.
-vi-only users are encouraged to give [Vim emulation](http://emacswiki.org/emacs/Evil)
-([more info](https://gitorious.org/evil/pages/Home)) a try.
+vi-only users are encouraged to   
+give [Vim emulation](http://emacswiki.org/emacs/Evil) ([more info](https://gitorious.org/evil/pages/Home)) a try.
 
 Writing Commit Messages
 -----------------------
@@ -108,41 +108,26 @@ Longer description (wrap at 72 characters)
 * Break up logical changes
 * Make whitespace changes separately
 
-Dialyzer and Tidier
--------------------
+Run checks
+----------
 
-Before you submit a patch check for
+Before you submit a patch, run ``make check`` to execute
+the test suite and check for  
 [xref](http://www.erlang.org/doc/man/xref.html) and
 [Dialyzer](http://www.erlang.org/doc/man/dialyzer.html)
 warnings.
 
-A successful run of ``make check`` looks like:
-
-```sh
-$ make check
-Recompile: src/rebar_core
-==> rebar (compile)
-Command 'debug' not understood or not applicable
-Congratulations! You now have a self-contained script called "rebar" in
-your current working directory. Place this script anywhere in your path
-and you can use rebar to build OTP-compliant apps.
-==> rebar (xref)
-make: [dialyzer_warnings] Error 2 (ignored)
-```
-
 [Dialyzer](http://www.erlang.org/doc/man/dialyzer.html) warnings are compared
-against a set of safe-to-ignore warnings found in
-[dialyzer_reference](https://raw.github.com/basho/rebar/master/dialyzer_reference).  
+against a set of safe-to-ignore warnings found in  
+[dialyzer_reference](https://raw.github.com/basho/rebar/master/dialyzer_reference).
 [xref](http://www.erlang.org/doc/man/xref.html) is run with
 [custom queries](https://raw.github.com/basho/rebar/master/rebar.config)
 to suppress safe-to-ignore warnings.
 
 It is **strongly recommended** to check the code with
-[Tidier](http://tidier.softlab.ntua.gr:20000/tidier/getstarted).  
-Select all transformation options and enable **automatic**
-transformation.  
-If Tidier suggests a transformation apply the changes **manually**
-to the source code.  
-Do not use the code from the tarball (*out.tgz*) as it will have
-white-space changes  
-applied by Erlang's pretty-printer.
+[Tidier](http://tidier.softlab.ntua.gr:20000/tidier/getstarted).
+Select all transformation   
+options and enable **automatic** transformation. If Tidier suggests a transformation,  
+apply the changes **manually** to the source code. Do not use the code from
+the  
+tarball (*out.tgz*) as it will have white-space changes applied by Erlang's pretty-printer.