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@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ## Changes coming in 0.9.7
 
 * Fix #248 by treating alias as "not a subquery" when generating SQL for it. (@seancorfield)
+* Fix #99 by adding a note to the first use of `select` in the README that column names can be keywords or symbols but not strings.
 
 ## 0.9.6
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ Everything is built on top of maps representing SQL queries:
              :where [:= :f.a "baz"]})
 ```
 
+Column names can be provided as keywords or symbols (but not strings -- HoneySQL treats strings as values that should be lifted out of the SQL as parameters).
+
 `format` turns maps into `clojure.java.jdbc`-compatible, parameterized SQL:
 
 ```clojure