diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b4d9d1a..1d6afab 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ K_CYCLES   K_INSTR      IPC BR_RETIRED   BR_MISPRED  BMR% LLCREF      LLCMISS
 94495981   86815232    0.92 19482504710  648954409   3.33 628548666   180975066  71.21
 </pre>
 
-- `K_CYCLES`: CPU Cycles x 1000
-- `K_INSTR`: CPU Instructions x 1000
+- `K_CYCLES`: CPU Cycles / 1000
+- `K_INSTR`: CPU Instructions / 1000
 - `IPC`: Instructions-Per-Cycle
 - `BMR%`: Branch Misprediction Ratio, as a percentage
 - `LLC%`: Last Level Cache hit ratio, as a percentage
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ K_CYCLES   K_INSTR      IPC DTLB_WALKS ITLB_WALKS K_DTLBCYC  K_ITLBCYC  DTLB% IT
 92152495   87144845    0.95 135446984  50308740   3156780    1200598     3.43  1.30
 </pre>
 
-- `K_CYCLES`: CPU Cycles x 1000
-- `K_INSTR`: CPU Instructions x 1000
+- `K_CYCLES`: CPU Cycles / 1000
+- `K_INSTR`: CPU Instructions / 1000
 - `IPC`: Instructions-Per-Cycle
 - `DTLB_WALKS`: Data TLB walks (count)
 - `ITLB_WALKS`: Instruction TLB walks (count)