diff --git a/test/README.md b/test/README.md
index 7f6122d..cd542cc 100644
--- a/test/README.md
+++ b/test/README.md
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ use an existing database or create a temporary database (recommended).
 To use this tool, some requirements must be installed. This can be done using: `pip install -r < requirements.txt`
 
 ```
-usage: test.py [-h] [--username USERNAME] [--password PASSWORD] [--host HOST]
-               [--port PORT] [--database DATABASE] [--force]
+usage: test.py [-h] [\--username USERNAME] [\--password PASSWORD] [\--host HOST]
+               [\--port PORT] [\--database DATABASE] [\--force]
                DBMS
 
 Web-Base database test suite
@@ -21,19 +21,19 @@ positional arguments:
                         oracle
 
 optional arguments:
-  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
-  --username USERNAME, -u USERNAME
+  -h, \--help            show this help message and exit
+  \--username USERNAME, -u USERNAME
                         the username used for connecting to the dbms, default:
                         root
-  --password PASSWORD, -p PASSWORD
+  \--password PASSWORD, -p PASSWORD
                         the password used for connecting to the dbms, default:
                         (empty)
-  --host HOST, -H HOST  the host where the dbms is running on, default:
+  \--host HOST, -H HOST  the host where the dbms is running on, default:
                         localhost
-  --port PORT, -P PORT  the port where the dbms is running on, default:
+  \--port PORT, -P PORT  the port where the dbms is running on, default:
                         (depends on dbms)
-  --database DATABASE, -d DATABASE
+  \--database DATABASE, -d DATABASE
                         the name of the database for the test suite, default:
                         randomly chosen and created
-  --force               Delete existing configuration files
+  \--force               Delete existing configuration files
 ```