diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6b89dca..97b7c51 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -54,13 +54,13 @@ subdiretory.
 Everything the extensions prints to [stdout](https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?fd) becomes the value of the
 placeholder.
 
-Every variable from the content header will be passed via environment variables like `title` becomes `$AYA\_TITLE` and so on. 
+Every variable from the content header will be passed via environment variables like `title` becomes `$AYA_TITLE` and so on. 
 There are some special variables:
 
 * `$AYA` - a path to the `aya` executable
-* `$AYA\_OUTDIR` - a path to the directory with generated files
-* `$AYA\_FILE` - a path to the currently processed markdown file
-* `$AYA\_URL` - a URL for the currently generated page
+* `$AYA_OUTDIR` - a path to the directory with generated files
+* `$AYA_FILE` - a path to the currently processed markdown file
+* `$AYA_URL` - a URL for the currently generated page
 
 ## Example of RSS generation
 
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ it's an empty string).
 
 ## License
 
-The software is distributed under the MIT license.
+The software is distributed under the MIT/X11 license.
 
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