diff --git a/benchmark/README b/benchmark/README.md
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rename from benchmark/README
rename to benchmark/README.md
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--- a/benchmark/README
+++ b/benchmark/README.md
@@ -9,35 +9,37 @@ Running in a browser
 --------------------
 
   1. Make sure you have Node.js and all the development dependencies specified
-     in package.json installed.
+     in `package.json` installed.
 
   2. Run the following command in the PEG.js root directory (one level up from
      this one):
 
-       make browser
+        make browser
 
   3. Start a web server and make it serve the PEG.js root directory.
 
-  4. Point your browser to an URL corresponding to the index.html file.
+  4. Point your browser to an URL corresponding to the `index.html` file.
 
   5. Click the "Run" button and wait for the table to fill.
 
 If you have Python installed, you can fulfill steps 3 and 4 by running the
 following command in the PEG.js root directory
 
-  python -m SimpleHTTPServer
+    python -m SimpleHTTPServer
 
-and load http://localhost:8000/benchmark/index.html in your browser.
+and load
+[http://localhost:8000/benchmark/index.html](http://localhost:8000/benchmark/index.html)
+in your browser.
 
 Running from a command-line
 ---------------------------
 
   1. Make sure you have Node.js and all the development dependencies specified
-     in package.json installed.
+     in `package.json` installed.
 
   2. Run the following command in the PEG.js root directory (one level up from
      this one):
 
-       make benchmark
+        make benchmark
 
   3. Wait for the table to fill.