diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
index 972beb1..df0ba41 100644
--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -77,7 +77,12 @@ or Wget:
wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.33.1/install.sh | bash
```
-The script clones the nvm repository to `~/.nvm` and adds the source line to your profile (`~/.bash_profile`, `~/.zshrc`, `~/.profile`, or `~/.bashrc`).
+The script clones the nvm repository to `~/.nvm` and adds the following source lines to your profile (`~/.bash_profile`, `~/.zshrc`, `~/.profile`, or `~/.bashrc`).
+
+```
+export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
+[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && . "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" # This loads nvm
+```
```sh
export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"