diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ec011da9c5..7032c45418 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ directory set to directory in which `just` was invoked.
 $ cd subdir
 $ just foo
 /
-: just bar
+$ just bar
 /subdir
 ```