diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 90ebdb05d..804952876 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ HTTP, SOCKS4, SOCKS5 proxies scraper and checker.
 - Can determine if the proxy is anonymous.
 - Supports determining the geolocation of the proxy exit node.
 - Can sort proxies by speed.
-- Uses regex to find proxies of format `protocol://username:password@ip:port` on a web page or in a local file, allowing proxies to be extracted even from json without code changes.
+- Uses regex to find proxies of format `protocol://username:password@host:port` on a web page or in a local file, allowing proxies to be extracted even from json without code changes.
 - Supports proxies with authentication.
 - It is possible to specify the URL to which to send a request to check the proxy.
 - Supports saving to plain text and json.