diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 4262fdd9..3d28622c 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ To use setuptools_scm just modify your project's setup.py file like this:
       try:
           __version__ = get_distribution(__name__).version
       except DistributionNotFound:
-         # package is not installed
-         pass
+          # package is not installed
+          pass
 
 
 Programmatic usage