diff --git a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/javac.html b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/javac.html
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--- a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/javac.html
+++ b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/javac.html
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ The <code>exclude</code> or <code>excludesfile</code> attribute is used
 to specify
 the files you want to have excluded. In both cases, the list of files 
 can be specified by either the filename, relative to the directory(s) specified
-in the <code>srcdir</code> attribute or nested <src> element, or by using
-wildcard patterns. See the section on
+in the <code>srcdir</code> attribute or nested <code>&lt;src&gt;</code>
+element(s), or by using wildcard patterns. See the section on
 <a href="../dirtasks.html#directorybasedtasks">directory-based tasks</a>,
 for information on how the
 inclusion/exclusion of files works, and how to write wildcard patterns.</p>