diff --git a/docs/format.html.in b/docs/format.html.in
index 56ec76f438..41211a9c73 100644
--- a/docs/format.html.in
+++ b/docs/format.html.in
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     </p>
 
     <pre>
-      $ virt-xml-validate /path/to/XML/file</pre>
+$ virt-xml-validate /path/to/XML/file</pre>
 
   </body>
 </html>