diff --git a/README b/README
index d0d0eadf..5f9d3310 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ backward compatible with Smarty 2, except for the following items:
 *) Delimiters surrounded by whitespace are no longer treated as Smarty tags.
    Therefore, { foo } will not compile as a tag, you must use {foo}. This change
    Makes Javascript/CSS easier to work with, eliminating the need for {literal}.
-   This can be disabled by seting $smarty->$auto_literal = false;
+   This can be disabled by setting $smarty->auto_literal = false;
 
 
 There are many things that are new to Smarty 3. Here are the notable items: