diff --git a/README.textile b/README.textile
index 1fb0f2311..5fae5730f 100644
--- a/README.textile
+++ b/README.textile
@@ -6,70 +6,78 @@ The Spring Data Graph project provides a simplified POJO based programming model
 
 h2. Maven configuration
 
-* Add the maven repository and dependency
+* Add the maven repository and dependency:
 
 <pre>
-<dependency>
-    <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
-    <artifactId>spring-data-neo4j</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.0.RELEASE</version>
-</dependency>
-<repository>
-    <id>spring-maven-snapshot</id>
-    <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>
-    <name>Springframework Maven MILESTONE Repository</name>
-    <url>http://maven.springframework.org/milestone</url>
-</repository>
+<dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spring-data-neo4j</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.0.RELEASE</version>
+    </dependency>
+</dependencies>
+<repositories>
+    <repository>
+        <id>spring-maven-snapshot</id>
+        <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>
+        <name>Springframework Maven MILESTONE Repository</name>
+        <url>http://maven.springframework.org/milestone</url>
+    </repository>
+</repositories>
 </pre>
 
-* Configure AspectJ: Add the following plugin XML to your project's <plugins> config in pom.xml to hook AspectJ into the build process:
+* Configure AspectJ: Include the following plugin XML in your pom.xml to hook AspectJ into the build process:
 
 <pre>
-<plugin>
-    <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-    <artifactId>aspectj-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0</version>
-    <configuration>
-        <outxml>true</outxml>
-        <aspectLibraries>
-            <aspectLibrary>
-                <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-                <artifactId>spring-aspects</artifactId>
-            </aspectLibrary>
-            <aspectLibrary>
-                <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
-                <artifactId>spring-data-neo4j</artifactId>
-            </aspectLibrary>
-        </aspectLibraries>
-        <source>1.6</source>
-        <target>1.6</target>
-    </configuration>
-    <executions>
-        <execution>
-            <goals>
-                <goal>compile</goal>
-                <goal>test-compile</goal>
-            </goals>
-        </execution>
-    </executions>
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>aspectjrt</artifactId>
-            <version>1.6.11.RELEASE</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>aspectjtools</artifactId>
-            <version>1.6.11.RELEASE</version>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-</plugin>
+<build>
+    <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+            <artifactId>aspectj-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+            <configuration>
+                <outxml>true</outxml>
+                <aspectLibraries>
+                    <aspectLibrary>
+                        <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>spring-aspects</artifactId>
+                    </aspectLibrary>
+                    <aspectLibrary>
+                        <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>spring-data-neo4j</artifactId>
+                    </aspectLibrary>
+                </aspectLibraries>
+                <source>1.6</source>
+                <target>1.6</target>
+            </configuration>
+            <executions>
+                <execution>
+                    <goals>
+                        <goal>compile</goal>
+                        <goal>test-compile</goal>
+                    </goals>
+                </execution>
+            </executions>
+            <dependencies>
+                <dependency>
+                    <groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>aspectjrt</artifactId>
+                    <version>1.6.11.RELEASE</version>
+                </dependency>
+                <dependency>
+                    <groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>aspectjtools</artifactId>
+                    <version>1.6.11.RELEASE</version>
+                </dependency>
+            </dependencies>
+        </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+</build>
 </pre>
 
 h2. Spring configuration
 
-* Configure Spring Data Graph for Neo4j in your application using the provided xml namespace.
+* Configure Spring Data Graph for Neo4j in your application using the provided XML namespace:
 
 <pre>
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>