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@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ A new database can be started by running
 {ok, Bookie} = leveled_bookie:book_start(RootPath, LedgerCacheSize, JournalSize, SyncStrategy)   
 ```
 
-This will start a new Bookie.  It will start and look for existing data files, under the RootPath, and start empty if none exist.  A LedgerCacheSize of 2000, a JournalSize of 500000000 (500MB) and a SyncStrategy of recovr should work OK.
+This will start a new Bookie.  It will start and look for existing data files, under the RootPath, and start empty if none exist.  A LedgerCacheSize of `2000`, a JournalSize of `500000000` (500MB) and a SyncStrategy of `none` should work OK.
 
 The book_start method should respond once startup is complete.  The [leveled_bookie module](src/leveled_bookie.erl) includes the full API for external use of the store.
 
@@ -124,4 +124,4 @@ Building this from source as part of Riak will require a bit of fiddling around.
 - make rel
 - remember to set the storage backend to leveled in riak.conf
 
-To help with the breakdown of cuttlefish, leveled parameters can be set via riak_kv/include/riak_kv_leveled.hrl - although a new make will be required for these changes to take effect.
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+To help with the breakdown of cuttlefish, leveled parameters can be set via riak_kv/include/riak_kv_leveled.hrl - although a new make will be required for these changes to take effect.