diff --git a/man/systemd.exec.xml b/man/systemd.exec.xml
index 32128d4fabf..3960deac3a0 100644
--- a/man/systemd.exec.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.exec.xml
@@ -1447,7 +1447,7 @@ CapabilityBoundingSet=~CAP_B CAP_C</programlisting>
         The second parameter will be interpreted as a destination path that will be created as a symlink to the directory.
         The symlinks will be created after any <varname>BindPaths=</varname> or <varname>TemporaryFileSystem=</varname>
         options have been set up, to make ephemeral symlinking possible. The same source can have multiple symlinks, by
-        using the same first parameter, but a different second parameter.</para></listitem>
+        using the same first parameter, but a different second parameter.</para>
 
         <para>The directories defined by these options are always created under the standard paths used by systemd
         (<filename>/var/</filename>, <filename>/run/</filename>, <filename>/etc/</filename>, …). If the service needs
@@ -1483,7 +1483,7 @@ StateDirectory=aaa/bbb ccc</programlisting>
         <programlisting>RuntimeDirectory=foo:bar foo:baz</programlisting>
         the service manager creates <filename index='false'>/run/foo</filename> (if it does not exist), and
         <filename index='false'>/run/bar</filename> plus <filename index='false'>/run/baz</filename> as symlinks to
-        <filename index='false'>/run/foo</filename>.</para>
+        <filename index='false'>/run/foo</filename>.</para></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
       <varlistentry>