diff --git a/ear/xdocs/changes.xml b/ear/xdocs/changes.xml
index 13805b72..144f31aa 100644
--- a/ear/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/ear/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <release version="1.7-SNAPSHOT" date="on CVS">
       <action dev="felipeal" type="add" issue="MPEAR-25">Added property <code>maven.ear.final.name</code>.
       </action>
-      <action dev="felipeal" type="remove" issue="MPEAR-37">Removed checking introduced by MPEAR-9, as the fix introduced more bugs than it solved</code>.
+      <action dev="felipeal" type="remove" issue="MPEAR-37">Removed checking introduced by MPEAR-9, as the fix introduced more bugs than it solved.
       </action>
       <action dev="dion" type="fix" issue="MPEAR-32">Re-added property <code>maven.ear.appxml</code>.
       </action>