diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4cdc0a04..fb63f6de 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ $ netstat -p | jc --netstat -p
     "foreign_address": "lb-192-30-255-113",
     "foreign_port": "https",
     "state": "ESTABLISHED",
-    "pid": 53550,
+    "pid": "53550",
     "program_name": "git-remote-ht",
     "receive_q": "0",
     "send_q": "0"
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ $ netstat -p | jc --netstat -p
     "foreign_address": "lb-192-30-255-113",
     "foreign_port": "https",
     "state": "ESTABLISHED",
-    "pid": 53550,
+    "pid": "53550",
     "program_name": "git-remote-ht",
     "receive_q": "0",
     "send_q": "0"
diff --git a/jc/parsers/netstat.py b/jc/parsers/netstat.py
index 54c7e9c4..1e9985da 100644
--- a/jc/parsers/netstat.py
+++ b/jc/parsers/netstat.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ $ netstat -p | jc --netstat -p
     "foreign_address": "lb-192-30-255-113",
     "foreign_port": "https",
     "state": "ESTABLISHED",
-    "pid": 53550,
+    "pid": "53550",
     "program_name": "git-remote-ht",
     "receive_q": "0",
     "send_q": "0"
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ $ netstat -p | jc --netstat -p
     "foreign_address": "lb-192-30-255-113",
     "foreign_port": "https",
     "state": "ESTABLISHED",
-    "pid": 53550,
+    "pid": "53550",
     "program_name": "git-remote-ht",
     "receive_q": "0",
     "send_q": "0"