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@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Citus Cloud runs on top of AWS as a fully managed database as a service and has
 
 If you're looking to get started locally, you can follow the following steps to get up and running.
 
-* Install Docker Community Edition and docker-compose
+1. Install Docker Community Edition and docker-compose
   * Mac:
     1. [Download](https://www.docker.com/community-edition#/download) and install Docker.
     2. Start Docker by clicking on the application’s icon.
@@ -60,19 +60,19 @@ If you're looking to get started locally, you can follow the following steps to
     sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
     ```
     (This docker-compose version is fine for running Citus, or you can install the [latest version](https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/latest).)
-* Pull and start the docker images
+1. Pull and start the docker images
   ```bash
   wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/citusdata/docker/master/docker-compose.yml
   docker-compose -p citus up -d
   ```
 
-* Connect to the master database
+1. Connect to the master database
   ```bash
   docker exec -it citus_master psql -U postgres
   ```
 
-* Follow the [first tutorial][tutorial] instructions
-* To shut the cluster down, run
+1. Follow the [first tutorial][tutorial] instructions
+1. To shut the cluster down, run
 
   ```bash
   docker-compose -p citus down