diff --git a/themes/agnoster-mercurial/README.md b/themes/agnoster-mercurial/README.md
index 9b873bf..8a8bd70 100644
--- a/themes/agnoster-mercurial/README.md
+++ b/themes/agnoster-mercurial/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ For Mac users, I highly recommend iTerm 2 + Solarized Dark
 * User @ Hostname (if user is not DEFAULT_USER, which can then be set in your profile)
 * Git status
 * Mercurial status
-* Branch (⭠) or detached head (➦)
+* Branch () or detached head (➦)
 * Current branch / SHA1 in detached head state
 * Dirty working directory (±, color change)
 * Working directory
diff --git a/themes/agnoster/README.md b/themes/agnoster/README.md
index ab68e88..6dbf997 100644
--- a/themes/agnoster/README.md
+++ b/themes/agnoster/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ For Mac users, I highly recommend iTerm 2 + Solarized Dark
 * If the previous command failed (✘)
 * User @ Hostname (if user is not DEFAULT_USER, which can then be set in your profile)
 * Git status
-* Branch (⭠) or detached head (➦)
+* Branch () or detached head (➦)
 * Current branch / SHA1 in detached head state
 * Dirty working directory (±, color change)
 * Working directory
diff --git a/themes/bobthefish/README.md b/themes/bobthefish/README.md
index e134504..3f30f0e 100644
--- a/themes/bobthefish/README.md
+++ b/themes/bobthefish/README.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ This theme is based loosely on [agnoster][agnoster].
  * User@Host (unless you're the default user)
  * Abbreviated parent directory
  * Current directory or Git project name
- * Current project's Git branch (⭠ master) or detached head (➦ d0dfd9b)
+ * Current project's Git branch ( master) or detached head (➦ d0dfd9b)
  * Git status, via colors and flags:
      * Dirty working directory (*)
      * Untracked files (…)
@@ -45,4 +45,4 @@ This theme is based loosely on [agnoster][agnoster].
 [screenshot]: http://i.0x7f.us/bobthefish.png
 [patching]:   https://powerline.readthedocs.org/en/latest/fontpatching.html
 [fonts]:      https://github.com/Lokaltog/powerline-fonts
-[agnoster]:   https://gist.github.com/agnoster/3712874
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+[agnoster]:   https://gist.github.com/agnoster/3712874