diff --git a/.meta/.readme.rst b/.meta/.readme.rst
index 75d83a6a..0419c9ac 100644
--- a/.meta/.readme.rst
+++ b/.meta/.readme.rst
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ Perhaps the most wonderful use of ``tqdm`` is in a script or on the command
 line. Simply inserting ``tqdm`` (or ``python -m tqdm``) between pipes will pass
 through all ``stdin`` to ``stdout`` while printing progress to ``stderr``.
 
-The example below demonstrated counting the number of lines in all Python files
+The example below demonstrate counting the number of lines in all Python files
 in the current directory, with timing information included.
 
 .. code:: sh
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ Backing up a large directory?
 
 .. code:: sh
 
-    tar -zcf - docs/ | tqdm --bytes --total `du -sb docs/ | cut -f1` \
+    $ tar -zcf - docs/ | tqdm --bytes --total `du -sb docs/ | cut -f1` \
       > backup.tgz
      44%|██████████████▊                   | 153M/352M [00:14<00:18, 11.0MB/s]
 
@@ -255,8 +255,8 @@ This can be beautified further:
 
 .. code:: sh
 
-    BYTES="$(du -sb docs/ | cut -f1)"
-    tar -cf - docs/ \
+    $ BYTES="$(du -sb docs/ | cut -f1)"
+    $ tar -cf - docs/ \
       | tqdm --bytes --total "$BYTES" --desc Processing | gzip \
       | tqdm --bytes --total "$BYTES" --desc Compressed --position 1 \
       > ~/backup.tgz
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ Or done on a file level using 7-zip:
 
 .. code:: sh
 
-    7z a -bd -r backup.7z docs/ | grep Compressing \
+    $ 7z a -bd -r backup.7z docs/ | grep Compressing \
       | tqdm --total $(find docs/ -type f | wc -l) --unit files \
       | grep -v Compressing
     100%|██████████████████████████▉| 15327/15327 [01:00<00:00, 712.96files/s]
@@ -277,9 +277,9 @@ benefit from ``tqdm``'s ``--update`` and ``--update_to`` flags:
 
 .. code:: sh
 
-    seq 3 0.1 5 | tqdm --total 5 --update_to --null
+    $ seq 3 0.1 5 | tqdm --total 5 --update_to --null
     100%|████████████████████████████████████| 5.0/5 [00:00<00:00, 9673.21it/s]
-    seq 10 | tqdm --update --null  # 1 + 2 + ... + 10 = 55 iterations
+    $ seq 10 | tqdm --update --null  # 1 + 2 + ... + 10 = 55 iterations
     55it [00:00, 90006.52it/s]
 
 FAQ and Known Issues
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index ac43c547..51901f6b 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ Perhaps the most wonderful use of ``tqdm`` is in a script or on the command
 line. Simply inserting ``tqdm`` (or ``python -m tqdm``) between pipes will pass
 through all ``stdin`` to ``stdout`` while printing progress to ``stderr``.
 
-The example below demonstrated counting the number of lines in all Python files
+The example below demonstrate counting the number of lines in all Python files
 in the current directory, with timing information included.
 
 .. code:: sh
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ Backing up a large directory?
 
 .. code:: sh
 
-    tar -zcf - docs/ | tqdm --bytes --total `du -sb docs/ | cut -f1` \
+    $ tar -zcf - docs/ | tqdm --bytes --total `du -sb docs/ | cut -f1` \
       > backup.tgz
      44%|██████████████▊                   | 153M/352M [00:14<00:18, 11.0MB/s]
 
@@ -255,8 +255,8 @@ This can be beautified further:
 
 .. code:: sh
 
-    BYTES="$(du -sb docs/ | cut -f1)"
-    tar -cf - docs/ \
+    $ BYTES="$(du -sb docs/ | cut -f1)"
+    $ tar -cf - docs/ \
       | tqdm --bytes --total "$BYTES" --desc Processing | gzip \
       | tqdm --bytes --total "$BYTES" --desc Compressed --position 1 \
       > ~/backup.tgz
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ Or done on a file level using 7-zip:
 
 .. code:: sh
 
-    7z a -bd -r backup.7z docs/ | grep Compressing \
+    $ 7z a -bd -r backup.7z docs/ | grep Compressing \
       | tqdm --total $(find docs/ -type f | wc -l) --unit files \
       | grep -v Compressing
     100%|██████████████████████████▉| 15327/15327 [01:00<00:00, 712.96files/s]
@@ -277,9 +277,9 @@ benefit from ``tqdm``'s ``--update`` and ``--update_to`` flags:
 
 .. code:: sh
 
-    seq 3 0.1 5 | tqdm --total 5 --update_to --null
+    $ seq 3 0.1 5 | tqdm --total 5 --update_to --null
     100%|████████████████████████████████████| 5.0/5 [00:00<00:00, 9673.21it/s]
-    seq 10 | tqdm --update --null  # 1 + 2 + ... + 10 = 55 iterations
+    $ seq 10 | tqdm --update --null  # 1 + 2 + ... + 10 = 55 iterations
     55it [00:00, 90006.52it/s]
 
 FAQ and Known Issues