diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 54dad92..6e9a1bc 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 goircd requires only standard Go's libraries and consists of single main
 package. You can install it like that:
 
-    % git clone git://git.cypherpunks.ru/goircd.git
-    % make -C goircd
-    % goircd/goircd -help
+    $ git clone git://git.cypherpunks.ru/goircd.git
+    $ make -C goircd
+    $ goircd/goircd -help
diff --git a/README b/README
index 65cfb61..663aaf3 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ Each state file has the name equals to room's one. It contains two plain
 text lines: room's topic and room's authentication key (empty if none
 specified). For example:
 
-    % cat states/meinroom
+    $ cat states/meinroom
     This is meinroom's topic
     secretkey