diff --git a/.golangci.example.yml b/.golangci.example.yml
index 6ab3f672..e26c346f 100644
--- a/.golangci.example.yml
+++ b/.golangci.example.yml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ linters-settings:
     # [deprecated] comma-separated list of pairs of the form pkg:regex
     # the regex is used to ignore names within pkg. (default "fmt:.*").
     # see https://github.com/kisielk/errcheck#the-deprecated-method for details
-    ignore: fmt,io/ioutil:^ReadF.*
+    ignore: fmt:.*,io/ioutil:^Read.*
 
     # path to a file containing a list of functions to exclude from checking
     # see https://github.com/kisielk/errcheck#excluding-functions for details
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a573f637..064aad61 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ linters-settings:
     # [deprecated] comma-separated list of pairs of the form pkg:regex
     # the regex is used to ignore names within pkg. (default "fmt:.*").
     # see https://github.com/kisielk/errcheck#the-deprecated-method for details
-    ignore: fmt,io/ioutil:^ReadF.*
+    ignore: fmt:.*,io/ioutil:^Read.*
 
     # path to a file containing a list of functions to exclude from checking
     # see https://github.com/kisielk/errcheck#excluding-functions for details