diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7e0fe80..3c85687 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ A bash script to maintain an update SCID database of chess games downloaded from
 
      ./twic_script.sh --help
 
-     ./twic_script.sh [\<start_issue\> [\<end_issue\> [\<pgnfile\>]]]
+     ./twic_script.sh [<start_issue> [<end_issue> [<pgnfile>]]]
   
   When called with "--help" as first argument, the script outputs
   a *minimal* help.