diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2d624804a..4c3df512e 100644
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@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ A flat-file database of courses in multiple languages.
 
 You can use LateX in the courses :
 
-    $`E=m\cdotc^2`$
+    $`E = m \cdot c^2`$
 
-yields $`E=m\cdotc^2`$
+yields $`E = m \cdot c^2`$
 
 > You can omit the _backticks_ (`) but the preview in gitlab won't work.