diff --git a/roles/slurm_sql_bk/README.md b/roles/slurm_sql_bk/README.md
index e914728bcdb338717cee7f34bc5057f162cd30ca..f8785d705cc7e7e84455e82dd8ff7fb5ceca6f44 100644
--- a/roles/slurm_sql_bk/README.md
+++ b/roles/slurm_sql_bk/README.md
@@ -22,17 +22,17 @@ where slurm_bk.yml contains
   - { role: slurm_sql_bk, create_key: "True", SQL_BK_DEST_HOST: "118.138.234.186", SQL_BK_DEST_DIR: "/mnt/backup/monarch", SQL_IP: "172.16.226.88" , sqlUsername: "slurmdb", sqlPasswd: "{{ slurmdb_passwd }}" }
 
 Meaning:
-* create_key: If defined to True then ssh-keygen is called on local machine and then:
+* **create_key**: If defined to True then ssh-keygen is called on local machine and then:
 	private key copied to ~/.ssh on management node
 	public key inserted into authroized_keys on SQL_BK_DEST_HOST
-* SQL_BK_DEST_HOST: IP number of Machine where we store mysql dumps
-* SQL_BK_DEST_DIR: Directory on backup machine for mysql dumps. Note this is owned by ec2-user and is manually created. It should be cluster-specific, i.e. different for each cluster
-* SQL_IP: IP number of slurm mysql machine
-* sqlUsername,sqlPasswd Mysql username/password, same as in slurmdbd.conf
+* **SQL_BK_DEST_HOST:** IP number of Machine where we store mysql dumps
+* **SQL_BK_DEST_DIR:** Directory on backup machine for mysql dumps. Note this is owned by ec2-user and is manually created. It should be cluster-specific, i.e. different for each cluster
+* **SQL_IP:** IP number of slurm mysql machine
+* **sqlUsername,sqlPasswd** Mysql username/password, same as in slurmdbd.conf
 
 Other VARIABLES:
 
 defined in default/main.yml
-* BIN_DIR:          "/root/bin" #where the backup shell script and mysql.conf exists on Management Node
-* SQL_BK_DATA_DIR:  "/tmp" # where the inital dump exists on the management node. The file is deleted after a scp so it should not fill up disk
-* SQL_USER: "ec2-user"  The user account on SQL_BK_DEST_HOST. Normally ec2-user but could be something else for security reasons
+* **BIN_DIR:**          "/root/bin" #where the backup shell script and mysql.conf exists on Management Node
+* **SQL_BK_DATA_DIR:**  "/tmp" # where the inital dump exists on the management node. The file is deleted after a scp so it should not fill up disk
+* **SQL_USER: "ec2-user"**  The user account on SQL_BK_DEST_HOST. Normally ec2-user but could be something else for security reasons