diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index a4eb54c0a..ff3c07afd 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ the containers in the Object Store service.::
    from openstack import connection
    conn = connection.Connection(auth_url="http://openstack:5000/v3",
                                 project_name="big_project",
-                                username"SDK_user",
+                                username="SDK_user",
                                 password="Super5ecretPassw0rd")
    for container in conn.object_store.containers():
       print(container.name)