diff --git a/README b/README
index b997623..31fc835 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ the DISPLAY environment variable is set correctly, e.g.:
 In order to display status info in the bar, you can do something
 like this in your .xinitrc:
 
-    while xsetroot -name "`date` `uptime | sed 's/.*,//'`
+    while xsetroot -name "`date` `uptime | sed 's/.*,//'`"
     do
     	sleep 20
     done &