That time machine manual is a good example. Look at all of that text! Bullet points could be used to make it more appealing. The first thing you need when using bullet points is a colon.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Aug. 9. -- Brig. Gen. Crozier, Chief of Ordnance in the United States Army, said to-day that the light, sharp-pointed rifle bullet which experts have been testing for a month ...