diff --git a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/mail.html b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/mail.html
index a0d5b30b1..5d2254435 100644
--- a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/mail.html
+++ b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/mail.html
@@ -173,8 +173,8 @@ the <message> element.
<mail mailhost="smtp.myisp.com" mailport="1025" subject="Test build">
- <from address="me@myisp.com">
- <to address="all@xyz.com">
+ <from address="me@myisp.com"/>
+ <to address="all@xyz.com"/>
<message>The ${buildname} nightly build has completed</message>
<fileset dir="dist">
<includes name="**/*.zip"/>