diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5965738..2f48e23 100644
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -2189,7 +2189,7 @@ Both the embedded web SPA and the CLI client automatically handle hashcash:
 
 1. Fetch `GET /api/v1/server` to read `hashcash_bits`
 2. If `hashcash_bits > 0`, compute a valid stamp
-3. Include the stamp in the `hashcash` field of the JSON body on `POST /api/v1/session`
+3. Include the stamp in the `pow_token` field of the JSON body on `POST /api/v1/session`
 
 The web SPA uses the Web Crypto API (`crypto.subtle.digest`) for SHA-256
 computation with batched parallelism. The CLI client uses Go's `crypto/sha256`.