ANNEX_DEFAULT_LAMBDA_URL = https://lambda.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
 {endverbatim}
 
+Start (or reconfigure) HTCondor to make sure that the annex daemon is running.
+
 {subsection: Lambda function}
 
-The attachments include a CloudWatch template, =template-3.json=, that you can use to create the necessary AWS Lambda function (and grant it the permissions necessary for it do its job); instructions follow for readers who haven't created a stack from a template file before.  After logging into the AWS web console, do the following for each region you intend to use:
+The attachments include a CloudWatch template, =template-3.json=, that you can use to create the necessary AWS Lambda function (and grant it the permissions necessary for it do its job); instructions follow for readers who haven't created a stack from a template file before.  After logging into the AWS web console, do the following for each region you intend to use (start with us-east-1, since that has the example AMI):
 
 1: Switch to the region.  (The second drop-down box in from the upper right.)
 1: Switch to CloudFormation.  (In the _Services_ menu, under _Management_.)
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@
 
 After you save the config, open it in your favorite text editor and remove the two lines containing "ValidFrom" and "ValidUntil".
 
-Now you're ready to run =condor_annex=.  If you've been using the example's filenames, the command will look something like the following.  The [-count] flag is optional; =condor_annex= will otherwise request the target capacity you specify in the JSON file.
+Now you're ready to run =condor_annex=.  If you've been using the example's filenames, the command will look something like the following.  The =-count= flag is optional; =condor_annex= will otherwise request the target capacity you specify in the JSON file.
 
 {verbatim}
 condor_annex \