diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2b0873f..257adf0 100644
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -257,8 +257,8 @@ This class allows you to configure the main settings for this module in a global
 For example, if you wanted to overwrite the default `locale` and `encoding` for all classes you could use the following combination:
 
     class { 'postgresql::globals':
-      encoding => 'UTF8',
-      locale   => 'en_NG',
+      encoding => 'UTF-8',
+      locale   => 'en_US.UTF-8',
     }->
     class { 'postgresql::server':
     }