diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6bc4ff7ec7..a55a3e75d8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ For example, here is a differential dataflow fragment to compute the out-degree
 ```rust
 let out_degr_dist =
 edges.map(|(src, _dst)| src)    // extract source
-     .count();                  // count occurrences of source
+     .count()                   // count occurrences of source
      .map(|(_src, deg)| deg)    // extract degree
      .count();                  // count occurrences of degree
 ```
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ let (mut input, probe) = worker.dataflow(|scope| {
 
     let out_degr_distr =
     edges.map(|(src, _dst)| src)    // extract source
-         .count();                  // count occurrences of source
+         .count()                   // count occurrences of source
          .map(|(_src, deg)| deg)    // extract degree
          .count();                  // count occurrences of degree