diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fb4a19a..8e17406 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ The `default.nix` file follows the nixpkgs `callPackage` convention for fetching
 The `docker.nix` derives into a Docker image you can load simply by running:
 
 ```shell
-$ docker load -i $(nix-build docker.nix)
+docker load -i $(nix-build docker.nix)
 ```
 
 You can then test the built Docker image using the provided `docker-compose.yml` and `config.js` files, which are
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ which can be choose by passing the `-A [name]` flags to `nix-build`
 For example, to build and load the Deuxfleurs-flavoured CryptPad Docker image, you run:
 
 ```shell
-$ docker load -i $(nix-build deuxfleurs.nix -A docker)
+docker load -i $(nix-build deuxfleurs.nix -A docker)
 ```
 
 ## OnlyOffice integration
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@ The pinned sources files are generated with the [niv](https://github.com/nmattia
 To update the pinned nixpkgs, you simply run the following command:
 
 ```shell
-$ niv update
+niv update
 ```
 
 To modify the pinned nixpkgs, you can use the `niv modify` command, for example, to move to nixpkgs-unstable:
 
 ```shell
-$ niv modify nixpkgs -b nixos-unstable
+niv modify nixpkgs -b nixos-unstable
 ```
 
 ## Quirks