diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ groups
 You also need the rights to write keycodes into your system. This seems to be
 already the case on some systems, but not all of them.
 
-```
+```bash
 sudo setfacl -m u:$USER:rw- /dev/uinput
 ```