diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1a72b2e..4b05069 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ O5mreader is a C library that parses OpenStreetMap data in O5M format.
 		uint8_t type;
 		char *role;
 	
-		f = fopen("some-file.o5m","rb");
-		o5mreader_open(&reader,f)
+		FILE * f = fopen("some-file.o5m","rb");
+		o5mreader_open(&reader,f);
 		
 		while( (ret = o5mreader_iterateDataSet(reader, &ds)) == O5MREADER_ITERATE_RET_NEXT ) {
 			switch ( ds.type ) {