diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d3a93ceb..2d2eb4ce 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2920,7 +2920,7 @@ This project follows [SemVer](https://semver.org/).
 This will install the latest supported version:
 
 ```bash
-$ composer require react/http:^1.6
+composer require react/http:^1.6
 ```
 
 See also the [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for details about version upgrades.
@@ -2936,13 +2936,13 @@ To run the test suite, you first need to clone this repo and then install all
 dependencies [through Composer](https://getcomposer.org/):
 
 ```bash
-$ composer install
+composer install
 ```
 
 To run the test suite, go to the project root and run:
 
 ```bash
-$ vendor/bin/phpunit
+vendor/bin/phpunit
 ```
 
 The test suite also contains a number of functional integration tests that rely
@@ -2950,7 +2950,7 @@ on a stable internet connection.
 If you do not want to run these, they can simply be skipped like this:
 
 ```bash
-$ vendor/bin/phpunit --exclude-group internet
+vendor/bin/phpunit --exclude-group internet
 ```
 
 ## License