diff --git a/modules/sasl/README.md b/modules/sasl/README.md
index 668ef46d..895bd81d 100644
--- a/modules/sasl/README.md
+++ b/modules/sasl/README.md
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ You can either configure SASL through `!serverset sasl` from an registered and i
 These commands are to be executed from a registered admin account
 
 #### PLAIN
-> !serverset sasl plain <username>:<password>
+> !serverset sasl plain &lt;username>:&lt;password>
 
 #### SCRAM-SHA-1
-> !serverset sasl scram-sha-1 <username>:<password>
+> !serverset sasl scram-sha-1 &lt;username>:&lt;password>
 
 #### SCRAM-SHA-256
-> !serverset sasl scram-sha-256 <username>:<password>
+> !serverset sasl scram-sha-256 &lt;username>:&lt;password>
 
 #### EXTERNAL
 > !serverset sasl external
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ These commands are to be executed from a registered admin account
 Execute these against the current bot database file (e.g. `$ sqlite3 databases/bot.db`)
 
 #### PLAIN
-> INSERT INTO server_settings (<serverid>, 'sasl', '{"mechanism": "plain", "args": "<username>:<password>"}');
+> INSERT INTO server_settings (&lt;serverid>, 'sasl', '{"mechanism": "plain", "args": "&lt;username>:&lt;password>"}');
 
 #### SCRAM-SHA-1
-> INSERT INTO server_settings (<serverid>, 'sasl', '{"mechanism": "scram-sha-1", "args": "<username>:<password>"}');
+> INSERT INTO server_settings (&lt;serverid>, 'sasl', '{"mechanism": "scram-sha-1", "args": "&lt;username>:&lt;password>"}');
 
 #### SCRAM-SHA-256
-> INSERT INTO server_settings (<serverid>, 'sasl', '{"mechanism": "scram-sha-256", "args": "<username>:<password>"}');
+> INSERT INTO server_settings (&lt;serverid>, 'sasl', '{"mechanism": "scram-sha-256", "args": "&lt;username>:&lt;password>"}');
 
 #### external
-> INSERT INTO server_settings (<serverid>, 'sasl', '{"mechanism": "external"}');
+> INSERT INTO server_settings (&lt;serverid>, 'sasl', '{"mechanism": "external"}');