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 By default, RSEM automates the alignment of reads to reference
 transcripts using the Bowtie alignment program.  To use an alternative
 alignment program, align the input reads against the file
-'reference_name.idx.fa' generated by 'rsem-prepare-reference', and format
-the alignment output in SAM or BAM format.  Then, instead of providing
-reads to 'rsem-calculate-expression', specify the '--sam' or '--bam' option
-and provide the SAM or BAM file as an argument.  When using an
-alternative aligner, you may also want to provide the '--no-bowtie' option
-to 'rsem-prepare-reference' so that the Bowtie indices are not built.
+'reference_name.idx.fa' generated by 'rsem-prepare-reference', and
+format the alignment output in SAM or BAM format.  Then, instead of
+providing reads to 'rsem-calculate-expression', specify the '--sam' or
+'--bam' option and provide the SAM or BAM file as an argument.  When
+using an alternative aligner, you may also want to provide the
+'--no-bowtie' option to 'rsem-prepare-reference' so that the Bowtie
+indices are not built.
 
 RSEM requires all alignments of the same read group together. For
 paired-end reads, RSEM also requires the two mates of any alignment be
-adjacent. If the alternative aligner does not satisfy the first
-requirement, you can use 'convert-sam-for-rsem' for conversion. Please run
+adjacent. To check if your SAM/BAM file satisfy the requirements,
+please run
+
+    rsem-sam-validator <input.sam/input.bam>
+
+If your file does not satisfy the requirements, you can use
+'convert-sam-for-rsem' to convert it into a BAM file which RSEM can
+process. Please run
  
-   convert-sam-for-rsem --help
+    convert-sam-for-rsem --help
 
 to get usage information or visit the [convert-sam-for-rsem
 documentation