diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index c96378f..6ed77a4 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -240,19 +240,19 @@ A single row can be represented by 3 main Objects:
 
   1. Array, where each column is mapped by index, starting at 0, array type of course determines the type returned
   2. Map<String, ?>, where each column is mapped by name as key, and column value as value, mapped according to type
-    a. consider using the supplied com.moparisthebest.jdbc.util.CaseInsensitiveHashMap where case is ignored for keys
+      * consider using the supplied com.moparisthebest.jdbc.util.CaseInsensitiveHashMap where case is ignored for keys
   3. Custom class Object, which attempts many different ways to map all returned columns to the class, if one of these
-  is not a perfect match, an exception is thrown at runtime with QueryMapper, and a compile-time error happens with
-  JdbcMapper.  This is an ordered list of how rows are mapped to class objects:
-    1. If the class has a public constructor that takes a single java.sql.ResultSet parameter and nothing else, each row
-    is sent in to create a new object, nothing else is done.
-    2. If the class has a public constructor that takes the same number of arguments as columns returned, and all names
-    match (order does not matter), this constructor is used.  This method has some requirements though:
-      a. Java 8+ only
-      b. requires -parameters argument to javac for runtime with QueryMapper, or compiling against classes without 
-      source with JdbcMapper
-      c. Beware Java 8 only Bug ID [JDK-8191074](https://bugs.java.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=JDK-8191074),
-      fixed in Java 9+ but will not be backported to 8
+     is not a perfect match, an exception is thrown at runtime with QueryMapper, and a compile-time error happens with
+     JdbcMapper.  This is an ordered list of how rows are mapped to class objects:
+     1. If the class has a public constructor that takes a single java.sql.ResultSet parameter and nothing else, each
+        row is sent in to create a new object, nothing else is done.
+     2. If the class has a public constructor that takes the same number of arguments as columns returned, and all names
+        match (order does not matter), this constructor is used.  This method has some requirements though:
+        * Java 8+ only
+        * requires -parameters argument to javac for runtime with QueryMapper, or compiling against classes without 
+        source with JdbcMapper
+        * Beware Java 8 only Bug ID [JDK-8191074](https://bugs.java.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=JDK-8191074),
+        fixed in Java 9+ but will not be backported to 8
 
 todo: explain how rows are mapped to POJOs