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gperez2
  Tue Jul 22 16:51:26 2025 -0700
code review edits, refs #36116

diff --git src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/help/bedMethyl.html src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/help/bedMethyl.html
index 491b668a7a5..35b57aeb213 100755
--- src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/help/bedMethyl.html
+++ src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/help/bedMethyl.html
@@ -107,57 +107,54 @@
 <h2>Creating a bigMethyl custom track</h2>
 <a name="example2"></a>
 <h3>Example #2</h3>
 <p>
 In this example, you will create a bigMethyl file to display as a custom track.</p>
 <ol>
   <li>
   Save <a href="examples/bedMethyl.bed">this bedMethyl file</a> to your
   computer.</li>
   <li>
   Save the autoSql files <a href="examples/bigMethyl.as"><em>bigMethyl.as</em></a> to your computer.</li>
   <li>
   Download the <code>bedToBigBed</code>
   <a href="http://hgdownload.soe.ucsc.edu/admin/exe/">utility</a>.</li>
   <li>
-  Save the <a href="hg38.chrom.sizes"><em>hg38.chrom.sizes</em> text file</a> to your computer. This
-  file contains the chrom.sizes for the human hg38 assembly.</li>
-  <li>
 Use the <code>bedToBigBed</code> utility to create a bigMethyl file from your sorted bedMethyl file, using
 the <em>bedMethyl.bed</em> file and <em>chrom.sizes</em> files created above. </p>
-<pre><code><strong>bedToBigBed</strong> -as=bigMethyl.as -type=bed9+9 bedMethyl.bed hg38.chrom.sizes bigMethyl.bb</code></pre></li>
+<pre><code><strong>bedToBigBed</strong> -as=bigMethyl.as -type=bed9+9 bedMethyl.bed https://genome.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/help/hg38.chrom.sizes bigMethyl.bb</code></pre></li>
 <p>
   <li>
 Move the newly created bigMethyl file (<em>bigMethyl.bb</em>) to a web-accessible http, https, or
 ftp location. At this point you should have a URL to your data, such as &quot;https://institution.edu/bigMethyl.bb&quot;, and the file should be accessible outside of your institution/hosting providers network. For more information on where to host your data, please see the <a href="hgTrackHubHelp.html#Hosting">Hosting</a> section of the Track Hub Help documentation. Construct a custom track line with a bigDataUrl parameter pointing to the newly created bigMethyl file.</p>
   <pre><code>track type=bigMethyl name=&quot;bigMethyl Example&quot; description=&quot;A bigMethyl file&quot; bigDataUrl=http://genome.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/help/examples/bigMethyl.bb visibility=pack</code></pre></li>
   <li>
   Go to chr21:5,010,030-5,010,408 to see the data.</li>
 </ol>
 
 
 <a name=sharing_data></a>
 <h2>Sharing your data with others</h2>
 <p>
 Custom tracks can also be loaded via one URL line.
 <a href="../../cgi-bin/hgTracks?ignoreCookie=1&db=hg38&position=chr21:5,010,030-5,010,408&hgct_customText=track%20type=bigMethyl%20name=Example%20bigDataUrl=http://genome.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/help/examples/bigMethyl.bb%20visibility=pack"
 target="_blank">This link</a> loads the same <em>bigMethyl.bb</em> track and sets additional display parameters from <a href="#example2">Example 2</a> in the URL:</p>
 <pre><code>http://genome.ucsc.edu/cgi-bin/hgTracks?ignoreCookie=1&db=hg38&position=chr21:5,010,030-5,010,408&hgct_customText=track%20type=bigMethyl%20name=Example %20bigDataUrl=http://genome.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/help/examples/bigMethyl.bb %20visibility=pack</code></pre>
 
 <p>
-If you would like to share your bigMethyl data track with a colleague, learn how to create a URL
-link to your data by looking at <a href="customTrack.html#EXAMPLE6">Example #6</a> on the
+If you would like to share your bigMethyl data track with a colleague, you can learn how to create
+a URL link to your data by looking at <a href="customTrack.html#EXAMPLE6">Example #6</a> on the
 custom track help page.</p>
 
 <a name=extracting_data></a>
 <h2>Extracting data from the bigMethyl format</h2>
 <p>
 Because the bigMethyl files are an extension of bigBed files, which are indexed binary files, it can
 be difficult to extract data from them. UCSC has developed the following programs to assist
 in working with bigBed formats, available from the
 <a href="http://hgdownload.soe.ucsc.edu/admin/exe/">binary utilities directory</a>.</p>
 <ul>
   <li>
   <code>bigBedToBed</code> &mdash; converts a bigBed file to ASCII BED format.</li>
   <li>
   <code>bigBedSummary</code> &mdash; extracts summary information from a bigBed file.</li>
   <li>