diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 962c57b..f32e73f 100644
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ Manually controlling OpenMP acceleration with context managers:
 
 ```python
 >>> with pygram11.omp_disabled():  # disable all thresholds.
-...     result, _ = pygram11.histogram(x, bins=10, range=(-3, 3))\
+...     result, _ = pygram11.histogram(x, bins=10, range=(-3, 3))
 ...
 >>> with pygram11.omp_forced(key="thresholds.var1d"):  # force a single threshold.
 ...     result, _ = pygram11.histogram(x, bins=[-3, -2, 0, 2, 3])