1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/README b/README
index 1c221b7f8..9e8422724 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -959,11 +959,11 @@ row of tildes at the start and end:
 Optionally, you may specify the language of the code block using
 this syntax:
 
-    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ {.haskell .numberLines}
+    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ {.haskell .numberLines}
     qsort []     = []
     qsort (x:xs) = qsort (filter (< x) xs) ++ [x] ++
                    qsort (filter (>= x) xs) 
-    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 Some output formats can use this information to do syntax highlighting.
 Currently, the only output format that uses this information is HTML.