diff --git a/board/qemu/ppc64-e5500/readme.txt b/board/qemu/ppc64-e5500/readme.txt
index 0bfd41d76b..a6ad893b4d 100644
--- a/board/qemu/ppc64-e5500/readme.txt
+++ b/board/qemu/ppc64-e5500/readme.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Run the emulation with:
 
- qemu-system-ppc64 -M ppce500 -cpu e5500 -m 256 -kernel output/images/uImage -drive file=output/images/rootfs.ext2,if=virtio,format=raw -append 'console=ttyS0 root=/dev/vda' -serial mon:stdio -nographic
+ qemu-system-ppc64 -M ppce500 -cpu e5500 -m 256 -kernel output/images/uImage -drive file=output/images/rootfs.ext2,if=virtio,format=raw -append "console=ttyS0 root=/dev/vda" -serial mon:stdio -nographic
 
 The login prompt will appear in the terminal that started Qemu.