diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index 4fb0845534..a45d7fc5f1 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -51,27 +51,27 @@ be sitting in front of a prompt...
   Connected to: "Test Cluster" on localhost/9160
   Welcome to cassandra CLI.
 
-  Type 'help' or '?' for help. Type 'quit' or 'exit' to quit.
+  Type 'help;' or '?' for help. Type 'quit;' or 'exit;' to quit.
   [default@unknown] 
 
-As the banner says, you can use 'help' or '?' to see what the CLI has to
-offer, and 'quit' or 'exit' when you've had enough fun. But lets try
+As the banner says, you can use 'help;' or '?' to see what the CLI has to
+offer, and 'quit;' or 'exit;' when you've had enough fun. But lets try
 something slightly more interesting...
 
-  [default@unknown] create keyspace Keyspace1
+  [default@unknown] create keyspace Keyspace1;
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-  [default@unknown] use Keyspace1
+  [default@unknown] use Keyspace1;
   Authenticated to keyspace: Keyspace1
-  [default@Keyspace1] create column family Users with comparator=UTF8Type
+  [default@Keyspace1] create column family Users with comparator=UTF8Type;
   737c7a71-dc56-11df-8240-e700f669bcfc
 
-  [default@KS1] set Users[jsmith][first] = 'John'
+  [default@KS1] set Users[jsmith][first] = 'John';
   Value inserted.
-  [default@KS1] set Users[jsmith][last] = 'Smith'
+  [default@KS1] set Users[jsmith][last] = 'Smith';
   Value inserted.
-  [default@KS1] set Users[jsmith][age] = long(42)
+  [default@KS1] set Users[jsmith][age] = long(42);
   Value inserted.
-  [default@KS1] get Users[jsmith]
+  [default@KS1] get Users[jsmith];
   => (column=last, value=Smith, timestamp=1287604215498000)
   => (column=first, value=John, timestamp=1287604214111000)
   => (column=age, value=42, timestamp=1287604216661000)
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ If your session looks similar to what's above, congrats, your single node
 cluster is operational! But what exactly was all of that? Let's break it
 down into pieces and see.
 
-  set Users[jsmith][first] = 'John'
+  set Users[jsmith][first] = 'John';
         \      \        \          \
          \      \_ key   \          \_ value
           \               \_ column