diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 41a344fcf..c7c90e898 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ router.register(r'users', UserViewSet)
 # Wire up our API using automatic URL routing.
 # Additionally, we include login URLs for the browsable API.
 urlpatterns = [
-    url(r'^', include(router.urls)),
-    url(r'^api-auth/', include('rest_framework.urls', namespace='rest_framework'))
+    path('', include(router.urls)),
+    path('api-auth/', include('rest_framework.urls', namespace='rest_framework'))
 ]
 ```