diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Ant.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Ant.java
index adab72db0..dc16ec2e2 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Ant.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Ant.java
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ import org.apache.tools.ant.util.FileUtils;
  *    <ant antfile="build.xml" target="bar" >
  *      <property name="property1" value="aaaaa" />
  *      <property name="foo" value="baz" />
- *    &lt;/ant&gt;</SPAN>
- *  &lt;/target&gt;</SPAN>
+ *    &lt;/ant&gt;</span>
+ *  &lt;/target&gt;</span>
  *
  *  &lt;target name=&quot;bar&quot; depends=&quot;init&quot;&gt;
  *    &lt;echo message=&quot;prop is ${property1} ${foo}&quot; /&gt;