diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1e08a45..a698d81 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ int main(int argc, const char* argv[])
     tcs_socket(&client_socket, TCS_AF_IP4, TCS_SOCK_STREAM, TCS_PROTOCOL_IP_TCP);
     tcs_connect_str(client_socket, "example.com", 80);
 
-    uint8_t send_buffer[] = "GET / HTTP/1.1\nHost: example.com\n\n";
-    tcs_send(client_socket, send_buffer, sizeof(send_buffer), TCS_MSG_SENDALL, NULL);
+    uint8_t send_buffer[] = "GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: example.com\r\n\r\n";
+    tcs_send(client_socket, send_buffer, sizeof(send_buffer) - 1, TCS_MSG_SENDALL, NULL);
 
     uint8_t recv_buffer[8192] = {0};
     size_t bytes_received = 0;
diff --git a/tests/tests.cpp b/tests/tests.cpp
index 34c7276..eec06f3 100644
--- a/tests/tests.cpp
+++ b/tests/tests.cpp
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ TEST_CASE("Example from README")
     REQUIRE(tcs_socket(&client_socket, TCS_AF_IP4, TCS_SOCK_STREAM, TCS_PROTOCOL_IP_TCP) == TCS_SUCCESS);
     REQUIRE(tcs_connect_str(client_socket, "example.com", 80) == TCS_SUCCESS);
 
-    uint8_t send_buffer[] = "GET / HTTP/1.1\nHost: example.com\n\n";
-    CHECK(tcs_send(client_socket, send_buffer, sizeof(send_buffer), TCS_MSG_SENDALL, NULL) == TCS_SUCCESS);
+    uint8_t send_buffer[] = "GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: example.com\r\n\r\n";
+    CHECK(tcs_send(client_socket, send_buffer, sizeof(send_buffer) - 1, TCS_MSG_SENDALL, NULL) == TCS_SUCCESS);
 
     static uint8_t recv_buffer[8192] = {0};
     size_t bytes_received = 0;