diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 95b9987..68d7dc6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ The research harness this replaces had to be built `-static`, but only because
 it was built with the host's glibc toolchain — that constraint does not apply
 to a real Alpine sysroot.
 
-Verified on the device: all five suites pass cross-built and run **on the phone
-itself**, not only under emulation.
+Verified on the device: all five suites pass cross-built and run on the phone
+itself, not only under emulation.
 
 ```
 fprintd-enroll -f right-index-finger user   ten stages, enroll-completed
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ fprintd-verify user   (enrolled finger)      verify-match,    on the first press
 
 ## Runtime dependencies, not carried here
 
-The `focal64` trustlet is proprietary and is **not** in this repo. It is
+The `focal64` trustlet is proprietary and is not in this repo. It is
 extracted from the device's own stock Android partition on first boot by the
 `fp6-vendor-blobs` mechanism, the same way the audio firmware is.