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@@ -36,10 +36,14 @@ The script can be executed (globally) using:
     $ downloadlist.py -f file.txt -d destination -t threads -l lines
 
 where:
-    `file.txt` is the file name/path with the list of URLs to be downloaded
-    `destination` is the path, to which the files should be downloaded
-    `threads` is the number of processes to be used to download the URLs simultaneously
-    `lines` is the number of lines to read from the files and read simultaneously. 0 leads to reading the whole file.
+
+`file.txt` is the file name/path with the list of URLs to be downloaded (line by line)
+
+`destination` is the path, to which the files should be downloaded
+
+`threads` is the number of processes to be used to download the URLs simultaneously
+
+`lines` is the number of lines to read from the files and read simultaneously. 0 leads to reading the whole file.
 
 You may use the package in your own scripts by importing it:
 
@@ -50,9 +54,12 @@ then you can download a list of files using:
     listdownloader.download_files(URLs, destination, num_threads)
 
 where:
-    `URLs` is a list of the URLs to be downloaded
-    `destination` is a string with the path, at which the files have to be saved
-    `num_threads` is the number of threads/processes to use for the download.
+
+`URLs` is a list of the URLs to be downloaded
+    
+`destination` is a string with the path, at which the files have to be saved
+    
+`num_threads` is the number of threads/processes to use for the download.
 
 You can also download a single file using the function: