diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b94ec57f..01e347a9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -331,12 +331,12 @@ $ cat table.txt
       ### We want to skip this header ###
           col1       col2
           foo        1
-          bar        1
+          bar        2
       ### We want to skip this footer ###
 $ cat table.txt | jc 1:-1 --asciitable
-[{"col1":"foo","col2":"1"},{"col1":"bar","col2":"1"}]
+[{"col1":"foo","col2":"1"},{"col1":"bar","col2":"2"}]
 $ cat table.txt | jc 1:4 --asciitable
-[{"col1":"foo","col2":"1"},{"col1":"bar","col2":"1"}]
+[{"col1":"foo","col2":"1"},{"col1":"bar","col2":"2"}]
 ```
 In this example `1:-1` and `1:4` line slices provide the same output.