diff --git a/t/README b/t/README
index 2ef89785f8..a0ebe29484 100644
--- a/t/README
+++ b/t/README
@@ -887,7 +887,7 @@ see test-lib-functions.sh for the full list and their options.
    rare case where your test depends on more than one:
 
 	test_expect_success PERL,PYTHON 'yo dawg' \
-	    ' test $(perl -E 'print eval "1 +" . qx[python -c "print 2"]') == "4" '
+	    ' test $(perl -E '\''print eval "1 +" . qx[python -c "print(2)"]'\'') = "4" '
 
  - test_expect_failure [<prereq>] <message> <script>