README.md in eigindir-0.0.1 vs README.md in eigindir-0.0.2

@@ -227,10 +227,10 @@
 foo.bar # => "11"
 ```
 
 ### Coersion of nil
 
-Because +nil+ stands for pure nothing, it is not coerced by default:
+Because `nil` stands for *nothing*, it is not coerced by default:
 
 ```ruby
 class Foo
   include Eigindir