diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2b90b11fa..18f3e5617 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ installed. Then, you can run the following commands on a *nix system to
 download the required packages and build the bundle:
 
 ```bash
-(venv) $ cd $PGADMIN4_SRC
-(venv) $ make install-node
-(venv) $ make bundle
+$ cd $PGADMIN4_SRC
+$ make install-node
+$ make bundle
 ```
 
 On Windows systems (where "make" is not available), the following commands
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ simple - adapt as required for your distribution:
    so update that to the latest:
 
    ```bash
-   $ pip install --upgrade pip
+   (venv) $ pip install --upgrade pip
    ```
 
 4. Ensure that a PostgreSQL installation's bin/ directory is in the path (so