diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 49fad54..79dbbfd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ For security reasons Smallnet delegates the task of reloading the configuration
 
 To compile it, run:
 
-~~~
-g++ -o sendhup sendhup
+~~~bash
+g++ -o sendhup sendhup.cpp
 ~~~
 
 And make it owned by root and setuid like this:
 
-~~~
+~~~bash
 sudo chown root: sendhup
 sudo chmod 4755 sendhup
 ~~~