diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ A simple program to navigate directories and output files.
 # Some gotchas:
 
 Note that the function get_current_dir_name() used in the program is a GNU extension and may not work on all compilers.
-Also note that setting the -e switch to a file editor requires the file editor to have the ability to open a file in the following syntax. editor-name "file"
+Also note that setting the -e switch to a file editor requires the file editor to have the ability to open a file in the following syntax: editor-name "file"
 
 This was compiled using g++ version 6.3.0 on the authors machine.