diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
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@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Running the program with such a directory would yield the following result:
 
 ```
 $ pathsd paths.d/
-export PATH="/Users/bilbo/opt/bin:/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/sbin":$PATH
+export PATH="/Users/bilbo/opt/bin:/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/sbin":<paths inherited from $PATH>
 ```
 
 You can specify multiple directories. They'll be processed one by one in the