diff --git a/src/site/docbook/reference/step.xml b/src/site/docbook/reference/step.xml
index cd2b8d9fb..5a392bdc4 100644
--- a/src/site/docbook/reference/step.xml
+++ b/src/site/docbook/reference/step.xml
@@ -474,14 +474,14 @@ itemWriter.write(items);</programlisting>
       information, then there probably won't be issues. Usually these bad
       records are logged as well, which will be covered later when discussing
       listeners.<programlisting>&lt;step id="step1"&gt;
-    &lt;tasklet&gt;
-        &lt;chunk reader="flatFileItemReader" writer="itemWriter" 
-               commit-interval="10" <emphasis role="bold">skip-limit="10"</emphasis>&gt;
-            <emphasis role="bold">&lt;skippable-exception-classes&gt;
-                &lt;include class="org.springframework.batch.item.file.FlatFileParseException"/&gt;
-            &lt;/skippable-exception-classes&gt;</emphasis>
-        &lt;/chunk&gt;
-    &lt;/tasklet&gt;
+   &lt;tasklet&gt;
+      &lt;chunk reader="flatFileItemReader" writer="itemWriter" 
+             commit-interval="10" <emphasis role="bold">skip-limit="10"</emphasis>&gt;
+         <emphasis role="bold">&lt;skippable-exception-classes&gt;
+            &lt;include class="org.springframework.batch.item.file.FlatFileParseException"/&gt;
+         &lt;/skippable-exception-classes&gt;</emphasis>
+      &lt;/chunk&gt;
+   &lt;/tasklet&gt;
 &lt;/step&gt;</programlisting></para>
 
       <para>In this example, a <classname>FlatFileItemReader</classname> is
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ itemWriter.write(items);</programlisting>
       refines the list of skippable exception classes to be all
       <classname>Exception</classname>s <emphasis>except</emphasis>
       <classname>FileNotFoundException</classname>. Any excluded exception
-      calsses will be fatal if encountered (i.e. not skipped). </para>
+      calsses will be fatal if encountered (i.e. not skipped).</para>
 
       <para>For any exception encountered, the skippability will be determined
       by the nearest superclass in the class hierarchy. Any unclassifed
@@ -540,14 +540,14 @@ itemWriter.write(items);</programlisting>
       success. In this case, retry should be configured:</para>
 
       <programlisting>&lt;step id="step1"&gt;
-    &lt;tasklet&gt;
-        &lt;chunk reader="itemReader" writer="itemWriter" 
-               commit-interval="2" <emphasis role="bold">retry-limit="3"</emphasis>&gt;
-            <emphasis role="bold">&lt;retryable-exception-classes&gt;
-                &lt;include class="org.springframework.dao.DeadlockLoserDataAccessException"/&gt;
-            &lt;/retryable-exception-classes&gt;</emphasis>
-        &lt;/chunk&gt;
-    &lt;/tasklet&gt;
+   &lt;tasklet&gt;
+      &lt;chunk reader="itemReader" writer="itemWriter" 
+             commit-interval="2" <emphasis role="bold">retry-limit="3"</emphasis>&gt;
+         <emphasis role="bold">&lt;retryable-exception-classes&gt;
+            &lt;include class="org.springframework.dao.DeadlockLoserDataAccessException"/&gt;
+         &lt;/retryable-exception-classes&gt;</emphasis>
+      &lt;/chunk&gt;
+   &lt;/tasklet&gt;
 &lt;/step&gt;</programlisting>
 
       <para>The <classname>Step</classname> allows a limit for the number of
@@ -571,12 +571,12 @@ itemWriter.write(items);</programlisting>
       exceptions that should not cause rollback.</para>
 
       <programlisting>&lt;step id="step1"&gt;
-    &lt;tasklet&gt;
-        &lt;chunk reader="itemReader" writer="itemWriter" commit-interval="2"/&gt;
-        &lt;no-rollback-exception-classes&gt;
-            &lt;include class="org.springframework.batch.item.validator.ValidationException"/&gt;
-        &lt;/no-rollback-exception-classes&gt;
-    &lt;/tasklet&gt;
+   &lt;tasklet&gt;
+      &lt;chunk reader="itemReader" writer="itemWriter" commit-interval="2"/&gt;
+      &lt;no-rollback-exception-classes&gt;
+         &lt;include class="org.springframework.batch.item.validator.ValidationException"/&gt;
+      &lt;/no-rollback-exception-classes&gt;
+   &lt;/tasklet&gt;
 &lt;/step&gt;</programlisting>
 
       <section id="transactionalReaders">