diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 68eccb6c..e4fa30a9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -74,10 +74,10 @@ requires the zmq devel library installed.
 
 
 Basic build:
-```shell
-foo@bar:~$ sudo apt-get install build-essential yasm
-foo@bar:~$ ./configure
-foo@bar:~$ make
+```
+sudo apt-get install build-essential yasm
+./configure
+make
 ```