diff --git a/docs/manual/dirtasks.html b/docs/manual/dirtasks.html
index db00e9bca..fd3baf87f 100644
--- a/docs/manual/dirtasks.html
+++ b/docs/manual/dirtasks.html
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ but excludes all *.gif files from the copy.
This example can also be expressed using nested elements:
<copy todir="${dist}">
- <fileset dir="${src}"/>
+ <fileset dir="${src}">
<include name="**/images/*"/>
<exclude name="**/*.gif"/>
</fileset>