diff --git a/xml/System.Xml/XmlTextWriter.xml b/xml/System.Xml/XmlTextWriter.xml
index 3b877f34c36..3eda958d3d1 100644
--- a/xml/System.Xml/XmlTextWriter.xml
+++ b/xml/System.Xml/XmlTextWriter.xml
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@
 ```csharp  
 w.WriteStartElement("root");  
 w.WriteAttributeString("xmlns", "x", null, "urn:1");  
- w.WriteStartElement("item","urn:1");  
- w.WriteEndElement();  
- w.WriteStartElement("item","urn:1");  
- w.WriteEndElement();  
+w.WriteStartElement("item","urn:1");  
+w.WriteEndElement();  
+w.WriteStartElement("item","urn:1");  
+w.WriteEndElement();  
 w.WriteEndElement();  
 ```