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@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ Just applying patches, testing and reporting back is helpful.
 There are plenty of open bugs in the <a href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/describecomponents.cgi?product=Mesa">bug database</a>.
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 <b>Remove aliasing warnings.</b>
-Enable gcc -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -fstrict-aliasing and track down aliasing
-issues in the code.
+Enable gcc's <code>-Wstrict-aliasing=2 -fstrict-aliasing</code> arguments, and
+track down aliasing issues in the code.
 <li>
 <b>Contribute more tests to
 <a href="https://piglit.freedesktop.org/">Piglit</a>.</b>