diff --git a/README.org b/README.org
index c618a3f..3626881 100644
--- a/README.org
+++ b/README.org
@@ -213,22 +213,25 @@ Here's how we can create a hash-table with keys and values:
   ;; create a hash-table:
   (dict :a 1 :b 2 :c 3)
   ;; =>
-   #{EQUAL
-    :A 1
-    :B 2
-    :C 3
-   }
+  (dict
+   :A 1
+   :B 2
+   :C 3
+  )
 #+end_src
 
-As seen above, hash-tables are pretty-printed by default. In default
-Common Lisp, they are printed like so:
+In default Common Lisp, you would do:
 
-    #<HASH-TABLE :TEST EQUAL :COUNT 3 {1006CE5613}>
+#+BEGIN_SRC lisp
+  (let ((ht (make-hash-table :test 'equal)))
+    (setf (gethash :a ht) 1)
+    (setf (gethash :b ht) 2)
+    (setf (gethash :c ht) 3)
+    ht)
+;; #<HASH-TABLE :TEST EQUAL :COUNT 3 {1006CE5613}>
+#+end_src
 
-However, our represetation has an important drawback: we (currently?) can't read
-the hash-table literal back in.
-
-# although rutils does it with the #h notation, which we would like to avoid in favour of dict.
+As seen above, hash-tables are pretty-printed by default.
 
 You can toggle the representation with =toggle-print-hash-table=, or
 by setting
diff --git a/src/ciel.lisp b/src/ciel.lisp
index 459e636..54ceda2 100644
--- a/src/ciel.lisp
+++ b/src/ciel.lisp
@@ -197,8 +197,9 @@
     (pprint-logical-block (stream nil)
       (format stream "~&")
       (format stream "~vt" *current-pprint-indentation*)
-      (princ "#{" stream)
-      (unless (eq (hash-table-test ht) 'eql)
+      (princ "(dict " stream)
+      (unless (eq (hash-table-test ht) 'equal)
+        (princ #\' stream)
         (princ (hash-table-test ht) stream))
       (incf *current-pprint-indentation*)
       (format stream "~vt" *current-pprint-indentation*)
@@ -223,12 +224,12 @@
       (decf *current-pprint-indentation*)
       (format stream "~vt" *current-pprint-indentation*)
       (format stream "~&")
-      (format stream "~vt} " *current-pprint-indentation*)))
+      (format stream "~vt) " *current-pprint-indentation*)))
   ht)
 
+;; ;; Or:
 ;; (defmethod print-hash-table ((object hash-table) stream)
 ;;   ;; XXX: we can not read this back.
-;;   ;; we don't use rutils's pretty printing because we don't want the #h notaton
 ;;   (format stream "#HASH{~a, ~{~{~a: ~a~}~^, ~}}"
 ;;           (hash-table-test object)
 ;;           (loop for key being the hash-keys of object