diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 669996d45..817f8b446 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ This repo also uses submodules:
 cd tm-secret-enclave
 git submodule init
 git submodule update --remote
-``
+```
 and build _tendermint_enclave.so_:
 ```
 make build-rust