diff --git a/appendixa/nettools-desc.xml b/appendixa/nettools-desc.xml
index 5c0ce5eb9..f6ba1cdf0 100644
--- a/appendixa/nettools-desc.xml
+++ b/appendixa/nettools-desc.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ or delete an entry, or to dump the ARP cache.</para></sect4>
 <para>domainname shows or sets the system's NIS/YP domain
 name.</para></sect4>
 
-<sect4><title>hostname></title>
+<sect4><title>hostname</title>
 <para>hostname prints or sets the name of the current host
 system.</para></sect4>