diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.xml
index f1e1568c034..8ff920eb5a8 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.xml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     If you would like to continue the installation from a different machine you
     need to activate the SSH daemon via <command>systemctl start
     sshd</command>. You then must set a password for either <literal>root</literal> or
-    <literal>nixos</literal> with <command>passwd></command> to be able to login.
+    <literal>nixos</literal> with <command>passwd</command> to be able to login.
    </para>
   </section>
  </section>