diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dea7f9e15..8e493257c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1368,7 +1368,7 @@ condition](#safe-assignment-in-condition).
 
   # good
   "ruby" == some_str
-  1.0.eql? == x # eql? makes sense here if want to differentiate between Fixnum and Float 1
+  1.0.eql? x # eql? makes sense here if want to differentiate between Fixnum and Float 1
   ```
 
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