diff --git a/pkgs/racket-doc/xml/xml.scrbl b/pkgs/racket-doc/xml/xml.scrbl
index 26c02de3c0..a2f1da02a0 100644
--- a/pkgs/racket-doc/xml/xml.scrbl
+++ b/pkgs/racket-doc/xml/xml.scrbl
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ A @racket[_symbol] represents a symbolic entity. For example,
 @racket['nbsp] represents @litchar{ }.
 
 An @racket[valid-char?] represents a numeric entity. For example,
-@racketvalfont{#x20} represents @litchar{}.
+@racketvalfont{#x20} represents @litchar{ }.
 
 A @racket[_cdata] is an instance of the @racket[cdata] structure type,
 and a @racket[_misc] is an instance of the @racket[comment] or