diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
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@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ RhodeCode is similar in some respects to
 however RhodeCode can be run as standalone hosted application on your own server.
 It is open source and donation ware and focuses more on providing a customized, 
 self administered interface for Mercurial_ and GIT_  repositories. 
-RhodeCode works on *nix systems and Windows it is powered by a vcs_ library 
+RhodeCode works on \*nix systems and Windows it is powered by a vcs_ library 
 that Lukasz Balcerzak and Marcin Kuzminski created to handle multiple 
 different version control systems.