diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8ac88b6..8b0f96e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ the old container is stopped _before_ a new container is started
 (**`stop-first`** case):
 
 ```
-old container              stop
+    old container          stop
 ------------------------------|
-                                                  start            new container
+                                                  start        new container
                                                   |-----------------------------
 ```
 
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ Imagine that we could make the container lifetimes overlap instead
 (**`start-first`** case):
 
 ```
-old container                                  stop
+    old container                              stop
 --------------------------------------------------|
-                              start                                new container
+                              start                            new container
                               |-------------------------------------------------
 ```