diff --git a/README b/README
index ecb738097a..7c2ded4306 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ BIND 9.10.0
 	 - The statistics channel can now provide data in JSON
 	   format as well as XML.
 	 - New stats counters track TCP and UDP queries recieved
-           per zone, and EDNS options received in total.
+	   per zone, and EDNS options received in total.
 	 - The internal and export versions of the BIND libraries
 	   (libisc, libdns, etc) have been unified so that external
 	   library clients can use the same libraries as BIND itself.