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@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 is time aligned (interpolated) according to the properties of the
 <strong>RRD</strong> to which the data is written.</p>
 <dl>
-<dt><strong><a name="item_updatev"><strong>updatev</strong></a></strong>
+<dt><strong><a name="item_updatev"><strong>updatev</strong></a></strong></dt>
 
 <dd>
 <p>This alternate version of <strong>update</strong> takes the same arguments and
@@ -57,14 +57,12 @@ RRA (consolidation function and PDPs per CDP), and data source (name).
 Note that depending on the arguments of the current and previous call to
 update, the list may have no entries or a large number of entries.</p>
 </dd>
-</li>
-<dt><strong><a name="item_filename"><em>filename</em></a></strong>
+<dt><strong><a name="item_filename"><em>filename</em></a></strong></dt>
 
 <dd>
 <p>The name of the <strong>RRD</strong> you want to update.</p>
 </dd>
-</li>
-<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dtemplate_7c_2dt_ds_2dname_5b_3ads_2dname_5d_"><strong>--template</strong>|<strong>-t</strong> <em>ds-name</em>[<strong>:</strong><em>ds-name</em>]...</a></strong>
+<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dtemplate_7c_2dt_ds_2dname_5b_3ads_2dname_5d_"><strong>--template</strong>|<strong>-t</strong> <em>ds-name</em>[<strong>:</strong><em>ds-name</em>]...</a></strong></dt>
 
 <dd>
 <p>By default, the <strong>update</strong> function expects its data input in the order
@@ -73,26 +71,19 @@ sources (i.e. if the third data source <strong>DST</strong> is COMPUTE, the thir
 input value will be mapped to the fourth data source in the <strong>RRD</strong> and
 so on). This is not very error resistant, as you might be sending the
 wrong data into an RRD.</p>
-</dd>
-<dd>
 <p>The template switch allows you to specify which data sources you are
 going to update and in which order. If the data sources specified in
 the template are not available in the RRD file, the update process
 will abort with an error message.</p>
-</dd>
-<dd>
 <p>While it appears possible with the template switch to update data sources
 asynchronously, <strong>RRDtool</strong> implicitly assigns non-COMPUTE data sources missing
 from the template the <em>*UNKNOWN*</em> value.</p>
-</dd>
-<dd>
 <p>Do not specify a value for a COMPUTE <strong>DST</strong> in the <strong>update</strong>
 function. If this is done accidentally (and this can only be done
 using the template switch), <strong>RRDtool</strong> will ignore the value specified
 for the COMPUTE <strong>DST</strong>.</p>
 </dd>
-</li>
-<dt><strong><a name="item_n_7ctimestamp_3avalue_5b_3avalue_2e_2e_2e_5d"><strong>N</strong>|<em>timestamp</em><strong>:</strong><em>value</em>[<strong>:</strong><em>value</em>...]</a></strong>
+<dt><strong><a name="item_n_7ctimestamp_3avalue_5b_3avalue_2e_2e_2e_5d"><strong>N</strong>|<em>timestamp</em><strong>:</strong><em>value</em>[<strong>:</strong><em>value</em>...]</a></strong></dt>
 
 <dd>
 <p>The data used for updating the RRD was acquired at a certain
@@ -105,21 +96,16 @@ specification with the '@' character instead of a ':'. Getting the
 timing right to the second is especially important when you are
 working with data-sources of type <strong>COUNTER</strong>, <strong>DERIVE</strong> or
 <strong>ABSOLUTE</strong>.</p>
-</dd>
-<dd>
 <p>The remaining elements of the argument are DS updates. The order of
 this list is the same as the order the data sources were defined in
 the RRA. If there is no data for a certain data-source, the letter
 <strong>U</strong> (e.g., N:0.1:U:1) can be specified.</p>
-</dd>
-<dd>
 <p>The format of the value acquired from the data source is dependent on
 the data source type chosen. Normally it will be numeric, but the data
 acquisition modules may impose their very own parsing of this
 parameter as long as the colon (<strong>:</strong>) remains the data source value
 separator.</p>
 </dd>
-</li>
 </dl>
 <p>
 </p>