diff --git a/xdoc/xdocs/reference/xdocs.xml b/xdoc/xdocs/reference/xdocs.xml
index 48a8a3c8..9541d0b3 100644
--- a/xdoc/xdocs/reference/xdocs.xml
+++ b/xdoc/xdocs/reference/xdocs.xml
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
         you should include the following <code>DOCTYPE</code>
         declaration just after the <code>&lt;xml&gt;</code> element:
       </p>
-      <source>&lt;!DOCTYPE xdoc PUBLIC
+      <source>&lt;!DOCTYPE document PUBLIC
   "-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD XDOC 1.0//EN"
   "http://maven.apache.org/dtd/xdoc_1_0.dtd"&gt;</source>
       <p>