diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 377f9de..60382e2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Assume that you got this from a file, a webserver, or magic JSON elves, whatever
 you have a char * to it. Everything is a cJSON struct.
 Get it parsed:
 
-  cJSON * root = cJSON_Parse(my_json_string);
+    cJSON * root = cJSON_Parse(my_json_string);
 
 This is an object. We're in C. We don't have objects. But we do have structs.
 What's the framerate?
@@ -248,4 +248,4 @@ which are more complex than I'd care to try and stash into a const char array[].
 Enjoy cJSON!
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-- Dave Gamble, Aug 2009
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+- Dave Gamble, Aug 2009