diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 38198ae7..22af40e0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ Very fast, header only, C++ logging library. [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.
 Below are some [benchmarks](bench) comparing popular log libraries under Ubuntu 64 bit, Intel i7-4770 CPU @ 3.40GHz
 
 #### Synchronous mode
+```
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 Single thread, 1,000,000 iterations
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@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ async logging.. 10 threads sharing same logger, 1,000,000 iterations
 async...		Elapsed: 0.442731	2,258,706/sec
 async...		Elapsed: 0.427072	2,341,527/sec
 async...		Elapsed: 0.449768	2,223,369/sec
-
+```
 
 ## Usage Example
 ```c++