diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ea8b0a499d..8d3023b9c8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ Specifying the `--testnet` flag, however, will reconfigure your Geth instance a
    and Linux this also means that attaching to a running testnet node requires the use of a custom
    endpoint since `geth attach` will try to attach to a production node endpoint by default. E.g.
    `geth attach <datadir>/testnet/geth.ipc`. Windows users are not affected by this.
- * Instead of connecting the main Ethereum network, the client will connect to the test network,
+ * Instead of connecting the main Ethereum network , the client will connect to the test network,
    which uses different P2P bootnodes, different network IDs and genesis states.
    
 *Note: Although there are some internal protective measures to prevent transactions from crossing