diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ with a length different from one.
 
 
 Note:
- - The OCaml source is assumed to be encoded in Latin1 (for string
+ - The OCaml source is assumed to be encoded in utf8 (for string
    and character literals).