diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 1d1eb5968..ffe128138 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -69,10 +69,10 @@ an OpenStack environment.
    * Create the database and grant privileges::
 
      $ mysql -u root -p
-     mysql> CREATE DATABASE mistral;
-     mysql> USE mistral
-     mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON mistral.* TO 'mistral'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'MISTRAL_DBPASS';
-     mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON mistral.* TO 'mistral'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'MISTRAL_DBPASS';
+       mysql> CREATE DATABASE mistral;
+       mysql> USE mistral
+       mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON mistral.* TO 'mistral'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'MISTRAL_DBPASS';
+       mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON mistral.* TO 'mistral'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'MISTRAL_DBPASS';
 
 #. Generate ``mistral.conf`` file::