diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Branch mispredict                   | 5
 L2 cache reference                  | 7
 Mutex lock/unlock                   | 25
 Main memory reference               | 100
-Compress 1KB bytes with Zippy       | 3,000
+Compress 1KB bytes with Snappy      | 3,000
 Send 2K bytes over 1 Gbps network   | 20,000
 Read 1MB sequentially from memory   | 250,000
 Roundtrip within same datacenter    | 500,000