diff --git a/appendixa/diffutils-desc.sgml b/appendixa/diffutils-desc.sgml
index e48db4f63..5aac98b49 100644
--- a/appendixa/diffutils-desc.sgml
+++ b/appendixa/diffutils-desc.sgml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ The Diffutils package contains the cmp, diff, diff3 and sdiff programs.
 <para>
 cmp and diff both compare two files and report their differences. Both
 programs have extra options which compare files in different situations.
-</para
+</para>
 
 </sect3>
 
diff --git a/appendixa/libtool-desc.sgml b/appendixa/libtool-desc.sgml
index a28179380..9a9b80589 100644
--- a/appendixa/libtool-desc.sgml
+++ b/appendixa/libtool-desc.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<sect2<title>Contents</title>
+<sect2><title>Contents</title>
 
 <para>
 The Libtool package contains the libtool and libtoolize programs. It