diff --git a/githubgen/README.md b/githubgen/README.md
index fa81f646..6218e5e8 100644
--- a/githubgen/README.md
+++ b/githubgen/README.md
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 # githubgen
 
-This executable is used to generate the `.github/CODEOWNERS` and `.github/ALLOWLIST` files.
+This executable is used to generate the `.github/CODEOWNERS` and
+`.github/ALLOWLIST` files.
 
-It reads status metadata from `metadata.yaml` files located throughout the repository.
+It reads status metadata from `metadata.yaml` files located throughout the
+repository.
 
 It checks that codeowners are known members of the OpenTelemetry organization.
 
@@ -11,21 +13,27 @@ It checks that codeowners are known members of the OpenTelemetry organization.
 ```
 $> make gengithub
 ```
+
 The equivalent of:
+
 ```
 $> cd cmd/githubgen && $(GOCMD) install .
 $> GITHUB_TOKEN=<mypattoken> githubgen --folder . [--allowlist cmd/githubgen/allowlist.txt] 
 ```
 
-## Checking codeowners against OpenTelemetry membership via Github API
+## Checking codeowners against OpenTelemetry membership via GitHub API
 
-To authenticate, set the environment variable `GITHUB_TOKEN` to a PAT token.  If a PAT is not available you can use the `--skipgithub` flag to avoid checking for membership in the GitHub organization.
+To authenticate, set the environment variable `GITHUB_TOKEN` to a PAT token.
+If a PAT is not available you can use the `--skipgithub` flag to avoid checking
+for membership in the GitHub organization.
 
-For each codeowner, the script will check if the user is registered as a member of the OpenTelemetry organization.
+For each codeowner, the script will check if the user is registered as a member
+of the OpenTelemetry organization.
 
 If any codeowner is missing, it will stop and print names of missing codeowners.
 
 These can be added to allowlist.txt as a workaround.
 
-If a codeowner is present in allowlist.txt and also a member of the OpenTelemetry organization, the script will error out.
+If a codeowner is present in allowlist.txt and also a member of the
+OpenTelemetry organization, the script will error out.