diff --git a/modules/README.txt b/modules/README.txt
index 58d30a5327bfc8b65581013b98e22a50db6ea434..927f7310a55b01dab1a94a2d9f49a68d0d3ea06d 100644
--- a/modules/README.txt
+++ b/modules/README.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 This directory is reserved for core module files. Custom or contributed
 modules should be placed in their own subdirectory of the sites/all/modules
 directory. For multisite installations, they can also be placed in a subdirectory
-under /sites/{sitename}/modules/, where sitename is the name of your site
+under /sites/{sitename}/modules/, where {sitename} is the name of your site
 (e.g., www.example.com). This will allow you to more easily update Drupal core files.
 
 For more details, see: http://drupal.org/node/176043
diff --git a/themes/README.txt b/themes/README.txt
index e99799c3e75e1bcaad9be53cef745ca548ab7218..a4b7eb2d670977479eb38fd8dcf3f6719fd433f6 100644
--- a/themes/README.txt
+++ b/themes/README.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 This directory is reserved for core theme files. Custom or contributed
 themes should be placed in their own subdirectory of the sites/all/themes
 directory. For multisite installations, they can also be placed in a subdirectory
-under /sites/{sitename}/themes/, where sitename is the name of your site
+under /sites/{sitename}/themes/, where {sitename} is the name of your site
 (e.g., www.example.com). This will allow you to more easily update Drupal core files.
 
 For more details, see: http://drupal.org/node/176043