diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dbb37bf..d3509da 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ Convert a valid querystring to a Dict:
 ```julia
 q = "foo=bar&baz=%3Ca%20href%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hackershool.com%27%3Ehello%20world%21%3C%2Fa%3E"
 parsequerystring(q)
-# Dict{ASCIIString,ASCIIString} with 2 entries:
+# Dict{String,String} with 2 entries:
 #   "baz" => "<a href='http://www.hackershool.com'>hello world!</a>"
 #   "foo" => "bar"
 ```