diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -44,7 +44,11 @@ Both Brotli library and nginx module are under active development.
 
 You will need to use **exactly** the same `./configure` arguments as your Nginx configuration and append `--with-compat --add-dynamic-module=/path/to/ngx_brotli` to the end, otherwise you will get a "module is not binary compatible" error on startup. You can run `nginx -V` to get the configuration arguments for your Nginx installation.
 
-`make modules` will result in `ngx_http_brotli_filter_module.so` and `ngx_http_brotli_static_module.so` in the `objs` directory. Copy these to `/usr/lib/nginx/modules/` then add the `load_module` lines above to `nginx.conf`.
+`make modules` will result in `ngx_http_brotli_filter_module.so` and `ngx_http_brotli_static_module.so` in the `objs` directory. Copy these to `/usr/lib/nginx/modules/` then add the `load_module` directives to `nginx.conf` (above the http block):
+```nginx
+load_module modules/ngx_http_brotli_filter_module.so;
+load_module modules/ngx_http_brotli_static_module.so;
+```
 
 ### Statically compiled