diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c9b25c8..f58a1bd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ Unfortunately MumbleDJ likely will not work with `gccgo`. MumbleDJ is developed
 
 Don't worry about it. The compilation went through successfully, OpenAL is not needed by the bot.
 
-**I receive the following message when building MumbleDJ: "cannot create <nil>/go.o: No such file or directory"**
+**I receive the following message when building MumbleDJ: "cannot create \<nil\>/go.o: No such file or directory"**
 
 Execute the following before building: