diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 26143f8..fa9cff4 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ func main() {
 		html.Indent(),
 		Doctype("html"),
 		Html(
-			Head(Title("Hello, world!")),
+			Head(
+				Title("Hello, world!"),
+				Meta("charset", "utf-8"),
+			),
 			Body(
 				H1("Hello, world!"),
 				P("This a sample HTML page."),