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@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ You only need to pick the number of nodes you need.
 ```bash
 git clone https://gitlab.jsc.fz-juelich.de/AI_Recipe_Book/recipes/spark-examples.git
 ```
-2. Prepare the virtual environment to install required Pyhton dependencies. 
+2. Prepare the virtual environment to install required Python dependencies. 
 - `cd spark_env`
 - Edit `requirements.txt`
 - Create the virtual environment by calling `./setup.sh`
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ python pyspark_pi.py
 ```
 Note that you must replace the hostname including the `i`. 
 
-You also start spark within a Jupyter Session, as in the example notebook (PySpark_PI.ipynb). 
+You also start spark within a Jupyter Session, as in the example notebook [PySpark_PI.ipynb]. 
 ![](./figs/jupyter_spark.png)
 
 ### Monitoring