diff --git a/rebar.config.sample b/rebar.config.sample
index ad414d3..60944d1 100644
--- a/rebar.config.sample
+++ b/rebar.config.sample
@@ -100,9 +100,9 @@
 %% name as an atom, eg. mochiweb, a name and a version (from the .app file), or
 %% an application name, a version and the SCM details on how to fetch it (SCM
 %% type, location and revision). Rebar currently support git, hg, bzr and svn.
-{deps, [application_name, {application_name, "1.0.*"},
+{deps, [application_name,
         {application_name, "1.0.*"},
-        {hg, "http://bitbucket.org/basho/rebar/", "f3626d5858a6"}]}.
+        {application_name, "1.0.*", {hg, "http://bitbucket.org/basho/rebar/", "f3626d5858a6"}}]}.
 
 %% == Subdirectories ==