diff --git a/src/site/docbook/reference/scalability.xml b/src/site/docbook/reference/scalability.xml
index a39c9e9ef..3171f0ba3 100644
--- a/src/site/docbook/reference/scalability.xml
+++ b/src/site/docbook/reference/scalability.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
              writer="tradeWriter" 
              commit-interval="1" 
              task-executor="taskExecutor"/>
-    </tasklet&gt
+    </tasklet>
 &lt;/step&gt;</programlisting>
 
     <para>In this example the taskExecutor is a reference to another bean