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 ## 3.1.3
 
-* Include MozMousePixelScroll in the to fix list to avoid inconsistent behavior in older Firefox
+* Include `MozMousePixelScroll` in the to fix list to avoid inconsistent behavior in older Firefox
 
 ## 3.1.2
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
 ## 3.0.3
 
-* Added deltaX and deltaY for horizontal scrolling support (Thanks to Seamus Leahy)
+* Added `deltaX` and `deltaY` for horizontal scrolling support (Thanks to Seamus Leahy)
 
 
 ## 3.0.2
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 ## 2.1.1
 
 * Updated to work with jQuery 1.1.3
-* Used one instead of bind to do unload event for clean up.
+* Used one instead of bind to do unload event for clean up
 
 
 ## 2.1
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 # jQuery Mouse Wheel Plugin
 
-A jQuery plugin that adds cross-browser mouse wheel support.
+A [jQuery](http://jquery.com/) plugin that adds cross-browser mouse wheel support.
 
 In order to use the plugin, simply bind the `mousewheel` event to an element.
 It also provides two helper methods called `mousewheel` and `unmousewheel`
 that act just like other event helper methods in jQuery. The event callback
 receives three extra arguments which are the normalized "deltas" of the mouse wheel.
 
-Here is an example of using both the bind and helper method syntax.
+Here is an example of using both the bind and helper method syntax:
 
 ```js
 // using bind