diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4051020..f7e4c38 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ In this template name
   - the method name on the configured receiver to call is `Greeting`
   - the parameters to pass to `Greeting` are `ctx` and `language`
 
-#### [`*http.ServeMux`](https://pkg.go.dev/net/http#ServeMux) Patterns¶
+#### [`*http.ServeMux`](https://pkg.go.dev/net/http#ServeMux) Patterns
 
 Here is an excerpt from [the standard libary documentation.](https://pkg.go.dev/net/http#hdr-Patterns-ServeMux)
 
diff --git a/cmd/generate-readme/README.md.template b/cmd/generate-readme/README.md.template
index 2309282..cfac7d7 100644
--- a/cmd/generate-readme/README.md.template
+++ b/cmd/generate-readme/README.md.template
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ In this template name
   - the method name on the configured receiver to call is `Greeting`
   - the parameters to pass to `Greeting` are `ctx` and `language`
 
-#### [`*http.ServeMux`](https://pkg.go.dev/net/http#ServeMux) Patterns¶
+#### [`*http.ServeMux`](https://pkg.go.dev/net/http#ServeMux) Patterns
 
 Here is an excerpt from [the standard libary documentation.](https://pkg.go.dev/net/http#hdr-Patterns-ServeMux)