diff --git a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-pubsub/README.md b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-pubsub/README.md
index 0ab4a09c331c..3bfd7455ea5c 100644
--- a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-pubsub/README.md
+++ b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-pubsub/README.md
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ try {
   ApiFuture<String> messageIdFuture = publisher.publish(pubsubMessage);
 } finally {
   if (publisher != null) {
-  publisher.shutdown();
+    publisher.shutdown();
   }
 }
 ```