diff --git a/.prettierignore b/.prettierignore
index 307968a..627e482 100644
--- a/.prettierignore
+++ b/.prettierignore
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 dist
 node_modules
 templates
-coverage
\ No newline at end of file
+coverage
+
+*.md
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ddab7a5..d607fe9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@ Clone this repo and install dependencies using
 yarn install
 ```
 
-1. Run the codegen:
+1. Run the codegen command to generate the source code for this SDK from the `sdk.json` OpenAPI specification file:
 
     ```sh
-    yarn gen-sdk <sdk-version>      # e.g. yarn gen-sdk 0.1.1-beta.0
+    yarn gen-sdk
     ```
 
 2. Run all tests:
diff --git a/build-utils/gen-sdk.sh b/build-utils/gen-sdk.sh
index 85d8370..b8ef6ec 100644
--- a/build-utils/gen-sdk.sh
+++ b/build-utils/gen-sdk.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ npx openapi-generator-cli generate -g typescript-axios  \
 -i sdk.json \
 -o ./src/generated/ \
 -p npmName=circle,supportsES6=true,modelPropertyNaming=original,apiPackage=apis,modelPackage=models \
--t ./templates/typescript-axios --additional-properties=npmVersion=$1,withSeparateModelsAndApi=true
+-t ./templates/typescript-axios --additional-properties=withSeparateModelsAndApi=true
 
 npx ts-node build-utils/mustache-camelize.ts src/generated/index.ts > src/generated/index-temp.ts