tweaking the README for better inclusion

README.rst

@@ -1,22 +1,23 @@
+===================
+Scipy-Lecture-Notes
+===================
+
 This repository gathers some lecture notes on the scientific Python
 ecosystem that can be used for a full course of scientific computing with
 Python.
 
-These documents are written with the rest markup language (.rst
+These documents are written with the rest markup language (``.rst``
 extension) and built using Sphinx: http://sphinx.pocoo.org/.
 
-Modifying
-==========
-
 Reusing and distributing
 -------------------------
 
-As stated in the LICENSE.txt file, this material comes with no strings
+As stated in the ``LICENSE.txt`` file, this material comes with no strings
 attached. Feel free to reuse and modify for your own teaching purposes.
 
 However, we would like this reference material to be improved over time,
 thus we encourage people to contribute back changes. These will be
-reviewed and edited by the original authors.
+reviewed and edited by the original authors and the editors.
 
 Building instructions
 ----------------------
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ To generate the pdf file for printing::
     make pdf
 
 The pdf builder is a bit pointy and you might have some TeX errors. Tweaking
-the layout in the rst files is usually enough to work around these
+the layout in the ``*.rst`` files is usually enough to work around these
 problems.
 
 Requirements
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ Contributing
 
 .. topic:: Contributing guide and chapter example
 
-   The directory `guide` contains an example chapter with specific
+   The directory ``guide`` contains an example chapter with specific
    instructions on how to contribute:
 
    .. toctree::