diff --git a/readme.html b/readme.html
index a45d5f1f61..a0be7978de 100644
--- a/readme.html
+++ b/readme.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
 <head>
 <title>WordPress &rsaquo; ReadMe</title>
-<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
+<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
 <style type="text/css" media="screen">
 	<!--
 	html {
