diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0fa79d4..95a6b2e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Make sure your subtitle files comply with the [SubRip file format][3]
 
     var srt = require("srt")
 
-    srt(fileName, "en", function (err, data) {
+    srt("en", fileName, function (err, data) {
         /* data looks like
         [
             {
@@ -102,4 +102,4 @@ The file in the above example contained
 
   [1]: https://secure.travis-ci.org/Colingo/srt-parser.png
   [2]: http://travis-ci.org/Colingo/srt-parser
-  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SubRip
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+  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SubRip