diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Behold, the power of Requests III:
 >>> r = http.request('get', 'https://httpbin.org/ip')
 >>> r.json()
 {'ip': '172.69.48.124'}
+```
 
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