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@@ -329,8 +329,10 @@ and introducing a new vocabulary to the fixed model.
 
 To train, prepare a folder that contains images sized at 512x512 and execute the following:
 
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+WINDOWS: As the default backend is not available on Windows, if you're using that platform, set the environment variable `PL_TORCH_DISTRIBUTED_BACKEND=gloo`
+    
 ```
-# As the default backend is not available on Windows, if you're using that platform, execute SET PL_TORCH_DISTRIBUTED_BACKEND=gloo
 (ldm) ~/stable-diffusion$ python3 ./main.py --base ./configs/stable-diffusion/v1-finetune.yaml \
                                             -t \
                                             --actual_resume ./models/ldm/stable-diffusion-v1/model.ckpt \