diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2f42ec7..afb66f2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ blcheck [options] <domain\_or\_IP>
 Supplied domain must be full qualified domain name.
 If the IP is supplied, the PTR check cannot be executed and will be skipped.
 
+<pre>
 -d dnshost  Use host as DNS server to make lookups
 -l file     Load lists from file with one entry per line
 -c          Warn if the top level domain of the list has expired
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ If the IP is supplied, the PTR check cannot be executed and will be skipped.
 -p          Plain text output (no coloring, no interactive status)
 -t          Thread numbers (4) or percentage (75%) of cores to use
 -h          The help you are just reading
+</pre>
 
 Result of the script is the number of blocklisted entries. So if the supplied
 IP is not blocklisted on any of the servers the return code is 0.