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 State: Running
 ```
 
-NOTE: In subsequent commands use the task ID from your CLI output in place of the <task_id>.
+NOTE: In subsequent commands use the task ID from your CLI output in place of the `<task_id>`.
 
 This starts a task collecting metrics via psutil, then publishes the data to a file. To see the data published to the file (CTRL+C to exit):
 ```