diff --git a/README.asciidoc b/README.asciidoc
index cf4708ee..04bf6537 100644
--- a/README.asciidoc
+++ b/README.asciidoc
@@ -1053,7 +1053,7 @@ Most programming languages can then be properly highlighted using a `regions`
 highlighter as root:
 
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-addhl multi_region -default code <lang> \
+addhl regions -default code <lang> \
     string <str_opening> <str_closing> <str_recurse> \
     comment <comment_opening> <comment_closing> <comment_recurse>