diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ If you want to raise on a first exception instead of pushing all of them in `err
 
 ```ruby
 template = Liquid::Template.parse("{{x}} {{y}}")
-template.render!({ 'x' => 1}, { strict_variables: true })
+template.render!({ 'x' => 1 }, { strict_variables: true })
 #=> Liquid::UndefinedVariable: Liquid error: undefined variable y
 ```