diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index a1384754..8f1ccb2a 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -73,13 +73,13 @@ You may find that local developer builds do not benefit much from retry behaviou
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 boolean isCiServer = System.getenv().containsKey("CI")
 test {
-    if (isCiServer) {
-        retry {
+    retry {
+        if (isCiServer) {
             maxRetries = 2
             maxFailures = 20
         }
+        failOnPassedAfterRetry = true
     }
-    failOnPassedAfterRetry = true
 }
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