diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f55c9c6..eb6962d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1203,7 +1203,7 @@ This project follows [SemVer](https://semver.org/).
 This will install the latest supported version:
 
 ```bash
-$ composer require react/stream:^1.2
+composer require react/stream:^1.2
 ```
 
 See also the [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for details about version upgrades.
@@ -1219,13 +1219,13 @@ 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
-$ php vendor/bin/phpunit
+vendor/bin/phpunit
 ```
 
 The test suite also contains a number of functional integration tests that rely
@@ -1233,7 +1233,7 @@ on a stable internet connection.
 If you do not want to run these, they can simply be skipped like this:
 
 ```bash
-$ php vendor/bin/phpunit --exclude-group internet
+vendor/bin/phpunit --exclude-group internet
 ```
 
 ## License