diff --git a/contracts/README.md b/contracts/README.md
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@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ npx hardhat --network mainnet verify --contract contracts/strategies/FluxStrateg
 `hardhat-deploy` package offers a secondary way to verify contracts, where constructor parameters don't need to be passed into the verification call. Since Etherscan has migrated to V2 api this approach is no longer working. `etherscan-verify` call uses `hardhat verify` under the hood.
 
 ```
-yarn hardhat etherscan-verify --network mainnet --api-url https://api.etherscan.io
+yarn hardhat etherscan-verify --network mainnet --api-url https://api.etherscan.io/v2/api
 ```
 
 #### Addressing verification slowdowns