diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d5d1e0a..8639665 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -458,10 +458,10 @@ Open and close delimiters can be passed in as an array of strings.
 **Example:**
 
 ```js
-// format delims as a string
-matter.read('file.md', {delims: '~~~'});
+// format delimiters as a string
+matter.read('file.md', {delimiters: '~~~'});
 // or an array (open/close)
-matter.read('file.md', {delims: ['~~~', '~~~']});
+matter.read('file.md', {delimiters: ['~~~', '~~~']});
 ```
 
 would parse:
@@ -562,4 +562,4 @@ Released under the [MIT License](LICENSE).
 
 ***
 
-_This file was generated by [verb-generate-readme](https://github.com/verbose/verb-generate-readme), v0.6.0, on April 01, 2018._
\ No newline at end of file
+_This file was generated by [verb-generate-readme](https://github.com/verbose/verb-generate-readme), v0.6.0, on April 01, 2018._