diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ behind a reverse-proxy with HTTPS.
   - Or have your IDE do it for you
 - Send a POST request using curl `curl -i -X POST "localhost:5000/matrix?channel=%21yhEUnvhAZZFKRStdXb%3Amatrix.org" -H "X-Gitlab-Event: Push Hook" -H "X-Gitlab-Token: ..." -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data-binary @./testrequest.json`
   - The part after `channel=` is the room ID which can retrieved from Matrix channels you are part of
-  - `%21` escapes ! in HTML
-  - `%3A` escapes : in HTML
+  - `%21` escapes ! in URI
+  - `%3A` escapes : in URI
   - The `X-Gitlab-Token` must correspond to the one provided in `config.yaml`