diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7004467f8db1fa73b4e4a60210514b64f62498cb..69d239ba2681fb2b9e6fbb0e5ade2b26733f88eb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ char *content = read_entire_file("data.txt", &size);
 
 if (content) {
     printf("Read %zu bytes:\n%s\n", size, content);
-    FREE(content); // Standard free (unless using arena)
+    free(content); // Standard free (unless using arena)
 }
 
 // Or read directly into a string builder