diff --git a/README b/README
index d5e75b154..6030fa2bb 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -2503,8 +2503,8 @@ 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