diff --git a/docs/INSTALL.rst b/docs/INSTALL.rst
index 35cd53b..3172c21 100644
--- a/docs/INSTALL.rst
+++ b/docs/INSTALL.rst
@@ -7,18 +7,20 @@
 Install the `ndn-cxx library <https://named-data.net/doc/ndn-cxx/current/INSTALL.html>`_
 and its prerequisites.
 
-Optionally, to build manpages and API documentation the following additional dependencies
+Optionally, to build man pages and API documentation the following additional dependencies
 need to be installed:
 
--  doxygen
--  graphviz
--  sphinx
--  sphinxcontrib-doxylink
+- doxygen
+- graphviz
+- sphinx >= 1.3
+- sphinxcontrib-doxylink
 
 Build
 -----
 
-The following basic commands should be used to build NDNS on Ubuntu::
+The following commands should be used to build NDNS on Ubuntu:
+
+.. code-block:: sh
 
     ./waf configure
     ./waf
@@ -32,11 +34,11 @@
 The default compiler flags include debug symbols in binaries. This should provide
 more meaningful debugging information if NDNS or other tools happen to crash.
 
-If this is undesirable, the default flags can be overridden to disable debug symbols.
+If this is not desired, the default flags can be overridden to disable debug symbols.
 The following example shows how to completely disable debug symbols and configure
 NDNS to be installed into ``/usr`` with configuration in the ``/etc`` directory.
 
-::
+.. code-block:: sh
 
     CXXFLAGS="-O2" ./waf configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc
     ./waf
@@ -45,7 +47,9 @@
 Building documentation
 ----------------------
 
-NDNS tutorials and API documentation can be built using the following commands::
+Tutorials and API documentation can be built using the following commands:
+
+.. code-block:: sh
 
     # Full set of documentation (tutorials + API) in build/docs
     ./waf docs
@@ -56,9 +60,9 @@
     # Only API docs in build/docs/doxygen
     ./waf doxygen
 
-If ``sphinx-build`` is detected during ``./waf configure``, manpages will automatically
+If ``sphinx-build`` is detected during ``./waf configure``, man pages will automatically
 be built and installed during the normal build process (i.e., during ``./waf`` and
-``./waf install``). By default, manpages will be installed into ``${PREFIX}/share/man``
+``./waf install``). By default, man pages will be installed into ``${PREFIX}/share/man``
 (the default value for ``PREFIX`` is ``/usr/local``). This location can be changed
 during the ``./waf configure`` stage using the ``--prefix``, ``--datarootdir``, or
 ``--mandir`` options.