diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 93319a2..9696809 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Configure your database in ``settings.py`` from ``DATABASE_URL``::
 
 Provide a default::
 
-    DATABASES['default'] = dj_database_url.config(default='postgres://...'}
+    DATABASES['default'] = dj_database_url.config(default='postgres://...')
 
 Parse an arbitrary Database URL::