diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 44ef8d91..d91dbb2b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -351,11 +351,11 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
     // spdlog::cfg::load_argv_levels(args, argv);
 }
 ```
-And then:
+So then you can:
 
 ```console
-export SPDLOG_LEVEL=info,mylogger=trace
-./example
+$ export SPDLOG_LEVEL=info,mylogger=trace
+$ ./example
 ```
 
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