diff --git a/modules/matlab/README.md b/modules/matlab/README.md
index a5aaa7f2a..0639be9d9 100644
--- a/modules/matlab/README.md
+++ b/modules/matlab/README.md
@@ -65,21 +65,21 @@ File layout
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 matlab (this module)  
 
-- CMakeLists.txt (main cmake configuration file)
-- README.md (this file)
-- compile.cmake (the cmake help script for compiling generated source code)
-- generator (the folder containing generator code)
+* CMakeLists.txt (main cmake configuration file)
+* README.md (this file)
+* compile.cmake (the cmake help script for compiling generated source code)
+* generator (the folder containing generator code)
   * jinja2 (the binding templating engine)
   * filters.py (template filters)
   * gen_matlab.py (the binding generator control script)
   * parse_tree.py (python class to refactor the hdr_parser.py output)
   * templates (the raw templates for populating classes, constants, functions and docs)
-- include (C++ headers for the bindings)
+* include (C++ headers for the bindings)
   * mxarray.hpp (C++ OOP-style interface for Matlab mxArray* class)
   * bridge.hpp (type conversions)
   * map.hpp (hash map interface for instance storage and method lookup)
-- io (FileStorage interface for .mat files)
-- test (generator, compiler and binding test scripts)
+* io (FileStorage interface for .mat files)
+* test (generator, compiler and binding test scripts)
   
   
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