diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e53e071..b3c6b31 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ npm install gh-badges
 
 ```js
 var badge = require('gh-badges');
-badge({ text: [ "build", "passed" ], "colorscheme": "green" },
+badge({ text: [ "build", "passed" ], colorscheme: "green" },
   function(svg) {
     // svg is a String… of your badge.
   });