diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0a56307..0ba2f53 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ With our request URL and Authorization header prepared, we are ready to use Pyth
 library to make the GET request.
 
 <pre>
-my_request = urllib2.Request(
+myRequest = urllib2.Request(
     url=request_url,
     data=None,
     headers={'Authorization': authorization_header}