diff --git a/Palindromes/README.markdown b/Palindromes/README.markdown
index 69520a132..e4012d8da 100644
--- a/Palindromes/README.markdown
+++ b/Palindromes/README.markdown
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Here is a recursive implementation of this in Swift:
 ```swift
 func isPalindrome(_ str: String) -> Bool {
   let strippedString = str.replacingOccurrences(of: "\\W", with: "", options: .regularExpression, range: nil)
-  let length = strippedString.characters.count
+  let length = strippedString.count
 
   if length > 1 {
     return palindrome(strippedString.lowercased(), left: 0, right: length - 1)