diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0c257ea..5ee8040 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,12 +39,13 @@ You call `start-watch` with a collection of specifications.  A specification is
 
 `start-watch` returns a function that can be called to stop the watch.  For example:
 
-(let [stop-watch (start-watch [{
-    :path "/some/valid/path"
-    :event-types [:create :modify :delete]
-    :callback (fn [event filename] (println event filename))}])] ; start the watch
+```clojure
+(let [stop-watch (start-watch [{:path "/some/valid/path"
+                                :event-types [:create :modify :delete]
+                                :callback (fn [event filename] (println event filename))}])] ; start the watch
   (Thread/sleep 20000) ; manipulate files on the path
   (stop-watch)) ; stop the watch
+```
 
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