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@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@ The `./theodolite.py` is the entrypoint for all benchmark executions. Is has to
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 * `<use-case>`: Stream processing use case to be benchmarked. Has to be one of `1`, `2`, `3` or `4`.
-* `<wl-values>`: Values for the workload generator to be tested, separated by commas, quoted, and sorted in ascending order. For example `"100000, 200000, 300000"`.
-* `<instances>`: Numbers of instances to be benchmarked, separated by commas, quoted, and sorted in ascending order. For example `"1, 2, 3, 4"`.
+* `<wl-values>`: Values for the workload generator to be tested, separated by commas and sorted in ascending order. For example `100000,200000,300000`.
+* `<instances>`: Numbers of instances to be benchmarked, separated by commas and sorted in ascending order. For example `1,2,3,4`.
 * `<partitions>`: Number of partitions for Kafka topics. Optional. Default `40`.
 * `<cpu-limit>`: Kubernetes CPU limit. Optional. Default `1000m`.
 * `<memory-limit>`: Kubernetes memory limit. Optional. Default `4Gi`.