diff --git a/README b/README
index 735d4870d..c1b8be107 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ The program source can be found in the examples/routing directory.
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 Once you have verified that your build of ns-3 works by running
-the simple-point-to-point example as outlined in 4) above, it is
+the simple-point-to-point example as outlined in 3) above, it is
 quite likely that you will want to get started on reading
 some ns-3 documentation.