diff --git a/httpie.md b/httpie.md
index 6f5bc4813..043efb900 100644
--- a/httpie.md
+++ b/httpie.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ $ http POST example.com/posts/3 \
     name="John Doe" \     # =   string
     q=="search" \         # ==  URL parameters (?q=search)
     age:=29 \             # :=  for non-strings
-    list:='[1,3,4]'       # :=  json
+    list:='[1,3,4]' \     # :=  json
     file@file.bin \       # @   attach file
     token=@token.txt \    # =@  read from file (text)
     user:=@user.json      # :=@ read from file (json)