diff --git a/README b/README
index 59243c2df..a2169e5ff 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -2498,8 +2498,8 @@ citing them in the body text, you can define a dummy `nocite` metadata
 field and put the citations there:
 
     ---
-    nocite:
-     | @item1, @item2
+    nocite: | 
+              @item1, @item2
     ...
 
     @item3