diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8ad054d..0253039 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ the pads based on the etherpump magic words.
 ```
 $ python palanggana.py --magic wordhere
 ```
-will find the pads where __wordhere__ has been used and get all the lines of
-text from those pads with that __wordhere__ in the line.
+will find the pads where `__wordhere__` has been used and get all the lines of
+text from those pads with that `__wordhere__` in the line.
 it will get rid of the magic word specified, but if you want to keep the magic
 you can use.