From 94ccc646e8b12c61f5979f9f324ac75caf0114fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sharkdp <davidpeter@web.de>
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2018 21:58:06 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update README

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 README.md | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 01334d9b..ae16a076 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -129,9 +129,10 @@ some dependencies to be built.
 ### Highlighting theme
 
 Use `bat --list-themes` to get a list of all available themes for syntax
-highlighting. To select the `TwoDark` theme, for example, call `bat` with
-the `--theme=TwoDark` option. Use `alias bat="bat --theme=TwoDark"` in your
-shells startup file to make the change permanent.
+highlighting. To select the `TwoDark` theme, call `bat` with the
+`--theme=TwoDark` option or set the `BAT_THEME` environment variable to
+`TwoDark`. Use `export BAT_THEME="TwoDark"` in your shells startup file to
+make the change permanent.
 
 ### Output style