diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d03c6a4a1d3..51a1d22eca9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ export INGRESS_PORT=8080
 Curl from ingress gateway
 ```bash
 SERVICE_HOSTNAME=$(kubectl get inferenceservice sklearn-iris -n kfserving-test -o jsonpath='{.status.url}' | cut -d "/" -f 3)
-curl -v -H "Host: ${SERVICE_HOSTNAME}" http://${INGRESS_HOST}:{INGRESS_PORT}/v1/models/sklearn-iris:predict -d @./docs/samples/sklearn/iris-input.json
+curl -v -H "Host: ${SERVICE_HOSTNAME}" http://${INGRESS_HOST}:${INGRESS_PORT}/v1/models/sklearn-iris:predict -d @./docs/samples/sklearn/iris-input.json
 ```
 Curl from local cluster gateway
 ```bash