diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6726237..06f1bb8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ If you want to execute only a subset of a playbook, remove the `active` tag from
 - run `make`
 - remove the old vps
 
-or: just call `freebsd-update** - however,  if you ever need to rebuild
+or: just call `freebsd-update` - however,  if you ever need to rebuild
 the vps,  then it  will come  up with the  - then  - old  release. So,
 better rebuild from scratch to update.