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@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ specified. Further attributes are ``metadata`` and ``name``.
 
 Each firetask includes the firetask name ``_fw_name`` and definitions of its 
 parameters. Every firetask is *atomic* i.e. executed at once without further 
-subdivisions. The firetasks of one firework
-    - are executed strictly one after another in the order of their specification;
-    - share the same job working directory and the files in it.
+subdivisions. The firetasks of one firework are executed strictly one after 
+another in the order of their specification and share the same job working 
+directory and the files in it.
 
 Here is a short example for a workflow demonstrating the usage of the 
 ``PythonFunctionTask``::