diff --git a/README b/README
index 502a4c1c..02cd6fa4 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ The encoding flow looks like:
   // Setup a config, starting form a preset and tuning some additional
   // parameters
   WebPConfig config;
-  if (!WebPConfigPreset(&config, WEBP_PRESET_PHOTO, quality_factor))
+  if (!WebPConfigPreset(&config, WEBP_PRESET_PHOTO, quality_factor)) {
     return 0;   // version error
   }
   // ... additional tuning