diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a4ab395c9..02932ff34 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ Installs Apache SSL capabilities and uses the ssl.conf.erb template. These are t
     class { 'apache::mod::ssl':
       ssl_compression => false,
       ssl_options     => [ 'StdEnvVars' ],
-      ssl_protocol    => 'all -SSLv2 -SSLv3',
+      ssl_protocol    => [ 'all', '-SSLv2', '-SSLv3'],
   }
 ```