diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ or, searching for kmers of length 21:
 ```>{frequency}```  
 ```{canonical k-mer}```   
 ```>{frequency}```  
-```>(canonical k-mer}```  
+```(canonical k-mer}```  
 ...  
 
 `krust` uses [`rust-bio`](https://docs.rs/bio/0.38.0/bio/), [`rayon`](https://docs.rs/rayon/1.5.1/rayon/), and [`dashmap`](https://docs.rs/crate/dashmap/4.0.2).