diff --git a/Readme.pod b/Readme.pod
index 0b5bcbf..ce884a3 100644
--- a/Readme.pod
+++ b/Readme.pod
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
 =head1 ARGUMENTS
 
-  $ korapxml2krill -z --input <directory> --output <filename>
+  korapxml2krill -z --input <directory> --output <filename>
 
 Without arguments, C<korapxml2krill> converts a directory of a single KorAP-XML document.
 It expects the input to point to the text level folder.
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 
 =item B<archive>
 
-  $ korapxml2krill archive -z --input <directory|archive> --output <directory|tar>
+  korapxml2krill archive -z --input <directory|archive> --output <directory|tar>
 
 Converts an archive of KorAP-XML documents. It expects a directory
 (pointing to the corpus level folder) or one or more zip files as input.
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 
 =item B<serial>
 
-  $ korapxml2krill serial -i <archive1> -i <archive2> -o <directory> -cfg <config-file>
+  korapxml2krill serial -i <archive1> -i <archive2> -o <directory> -cfg <config-file>
 
 Convert archives sequentially. The inputs are not merged but treated
 as they are (so they may be premerged or globs).
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 
 =item B<slimlog>
 
-  $ korapxml2krill slimlog <logfile> > <logfile-slim>
+  korapxml2krill slimlog <logfile> > <logfile-slim>
 
 Filters out all useless aka succesfull information from logs, to simplify
 log checks. Expects no further options.