diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 473232804..e33d08e38 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ component                      | description
 [BUILDING.rst](BUILDING.rst)   | how to build the documentation
 [LGPL.txt](LGPL.txt)           | one proposed license model
 [NXDL_VERSION](NXDL_VERSION)   | the current NXDL version number
-[README.md](README.md}         | this file
+[README.md](README.md)         | this file
 applications/                  | NXDL files for applications and instrument defs
 base_classes/                  | NXDL files for components
 contributed_definitions/       | NXDL files from the community