diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 77ed05122..7de8cad5e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@
   - username
     - Username
   - exclude:
-    - A comma separated list of languages to exclude, e.g., exclude=java,rust
+    - A comma separated list of languages to exclude, e.g., exclude=java,rust,jupyter%20notebook
+      - You can represent a space in the language list by using '%20' when you want to include a space.
     - You can found the supported languages in [here](https://github.com/github/linguist/blob/master/lib/linguist/languages.yml)
 
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@@ -83,7 +84,8 @@
   - username
     - Username
   - exclude:
-    - A comma separated list of languages to exclude, e.g., exclude=java,rust
+    - A comma separated list of languages to exclude, e.g., exclude=java,rust,jupyter%20notebook
+      - You can represent a space in the language list by using '%20' when you want to include a space.
     - You can found the supported languages in [here](https://github.com/github/linguist/blob/master/lib/linguist/languages.yml)
 
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