diff --git a/README b/README
index 737f340..731f391 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ hostname or IP address of the SSH server.
 ```
 tunnel-client$ ./dnstt-client -doh https://doh.example/dns-query -pubkey-file server.pub t.example.com 127.0.0.1:2222
 tunnel-client$ ssh -v -N -D 127.0.0.1:7000 -o HostKeyAlias=tunnel-server -p 2222 127.0.0.1
-tunnel-client$ curl --proxy http://127.0.0.1:7000/ https://wtfismyip.com/text
+tunnel-client$ curl --proxy socks5h://127.0.0.1:7000/ https://wtfismyip.com/text
 ```