diff --git a/docs/kbase/virtiofs.rst b/docs/kbase/virtiofs.rst
index b89de0c57a..9123fc2316 100644
--- a/docs/kbase/virtiofs.rst
+++ b/docs/kbase/virtiofs.rst
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ control and need to be set by the application running virtiofsd.
 
 ::
 
-  <filesystem type='mount'/>
+  <filesystem type='mount'>
     <driver type='virtiofs' queue='1024'/>
     <source socket='/var/virtiofsd.sock'/>
     <target dir='tag'/>