diff --git a/README.pod b/README.pod
index 4e50b97..e38d56b 100644
--- a/README.pod
+++ b/README.pod
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 
 =head1 ABOUT
 
-=for html
+=begin html
 <a href="https://github.com/perlbot/perlbuut/actions?query=workflow%3ACI"><img src="https://github.com/perlbot/perlbuut/workflows/CI/badge.svg"></a>
-=cut
+=end html
+
 
 This is the source code for perlbot, the resident infobot on Freenode’s
 #perl channel. See: