diff --git a/bindings/python/README b/bindings/python/README
index acfd3eb..75942d5 100644
--- a/bindings/python/README
+++ b/bindings/python/README
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 	
 	E.g, on Ubuntu, you can verify the current cython version with:
 
-		& apt-cache policy cython
+		$ apt-cache policy cython
 
 	Which should at least print version 0.19