diff --git a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/dirname.html b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/dirname.html
index e4a4f53fb..d7bbe697a 100644
--- a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/dirname.html
+++ b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/dirname.html
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ the directory will be the current directory.
 <pre>  &lt;dirname property=&quot;antfile.dir&quot; file=&quot;${ant.file}&quot;/&gt;</pre>
 will set <code>antfile.dir</code> to the directory path for
 <code>${ant.file}</code>.
-<pre>  &lt;dirname property=&quot;foo.dirname&quot; file=&quot;foo.txt&quot;</pre>
+<pre>  &lt;dirname property=&quot;foo.dirname&quot; file=&quot;foo.txt&quot;/&gt;</pre>
 will set <code>foo.dirname</code> to the current directory.</p>
 
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