diff --git a/docker/README.md b/docker/README.md
index 533e5c820e..e60687bf8b 100644
--- a/docker/README.md
+++ b/docker/README.md
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ release/package it.
 
 To use it, e.g. (assumes your `$HOME` is correct and that `$KOPS_STATE_STORE` is correct):
 ```shell
-$ docker build -t kops .
-$ KOPS="docker run -v $HOME/.aws:/root/.aws:ro -v $HOME/.ssh:/root/.ssh:ro -v $HOME/.kube:/root/.kube -it kops --state=$KOPS_STATE_STORE"
+docker build -t kops .
+KOPS="docker run -v $HOME/.aws:/root/.aws:ro -v $HOME/.ssh:/root/.ssh:ro -v $HOME/.kube:/root/.kube -it kops --state=$KOPS_STATE_STORE"
 ```
 
 This creates a shell variable that runs the `kops` container with `~/.aws` mounted in (for AWS credentials), `~/.ssh` mounted in (for SSH keys, for AWS specifically), and `~/.kube` mounted in (so `kubectl` can add newly created clusters).
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@ The light version downloads the latest release binaries of kops from [Github Rel
 
 To build the lighter version:
 ```shell
-$ docker build -t kops:light -f Dockerfile-light .
-$ KOPS="docker run -v $HOME/.aws:/root/.aws:ro -v $HOME/.ssh:/root/.ssh:ro -v $HOME/.kube:/root/.kube -it kops:light --state=$KOPS_STATE_STORE"
-  ```
+docker build -t kops:light -f Dockerfile-light .
+KOPS="docker run -v $HOME/.aws:/root/.aws:ro -v $HOME/.ssh:/root/.ssh:ro -v $HOME/.kube:/root/.kube -it kops:light --state=$KOPS_STATE_STORE"
+```