diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
index 2f7ea4b..36c7aba 100644
--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ let g:airline_section_x = '%{PencilMode()}'
 If you don’t like the default indicators, you can specify different ones:
 
 ```vim
-let g:pencil#mode_indicators = {'hard': 'h✎ ', 'soft': 's✎ ', 'off': '×✎ '}
+let g:pencil#mode_indicators = {'hard': '✎ h', 'soft': '✎ s', 'off': '✎ ×',}
 ```
 
 Note that `PencilMode()` will return blank for buffers in which _pencil_
diff --git a/plugin/pencil.vim b/plugin/pencil.vim
index e837372..08f7e1a 100644
--- a/plugin/pencil.vim
+++ b/plugin/pencil.vim
@@ -122,9 +122,9 @@ en
 if !exists('g:pencil#mode_indicators')
   " used to set PencilMode() for statusline
   if s:unicode_enabled()
-    let g:pencil#mode_indicators = {'hard': 'h✎ ', 'soft': 's✎ ', 'off': '×✎ ',}
+    let g:pencil#mode_indicators = {'hard': '✎ h', 'soft': '✎ s', 'off': '✎ ×',}
   el
-    let g:pencil#mode_indicators = {'hard': 'hp', 'soft': 'sp', 'off': '',}
+    let g:pencil#mode_indicators = {'hard': 'ph', 'soft': 'ps', 'off': 'px',}
   en
 en