diff --git a/manpages/shorewall-tcrules.xml b/manpages/shorewall-tcrules.xml
index c56d24939..8df0628be 100644
--- a/manpages/shorewall-tcrules.xml
+++ b/manpages/shorewall-tcrules.xml
@@ -363,11 +363,11 @@ SAME              $FW            0.0.0.0/0    tcp        80,443</programlisting>
               composed of a <replaceable>major</replaceable> and a
               <replaceable>minor</replaceable> value, the set of values must
               be unique. That is, the same numeric value cannot be used as
-              both a <replaceable>major</replaceable> and a &lt;minor&gt;
-              number for the same interface unless class nesting occurs (which
-              is not currently possible with Shorewall). You should keep this
-              in mind when deciding how to map IP addresses to class
-              IDs.</para>
+              both a <replaceable>major</replaceable> and a
+              <replaceable>minor</replaceable> number for the same interface
+              unless class nesting occurs (which is not currently possible
+              with Shorewall). You should keep this in mind when deciding how
+              to map IP addresses to class IDs.</para>
 
               <para>For example, suppose that your internal network is
               192.168.1.0/29 (host IP addresses 192.168.1.1 - 192.168.1.6).