diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.xml
index 79d07ae72573..8c37643c08f5 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
   <listitem><para>If you would like to continue the installation from a different
   machine you need to activate the SSH daemon via <literal>systemctl start sshd</literal>.
   In order to be able to login you also need to set a password for
-  <literal>root</literal> using <literal>passwd<literal>.</para></listitem>
+  <literal>root</literal> using <literal>passwd</literal>.</para></listitem>
 
   <listitem><para>The NixOS installer doesn’t do any partitioning or
   formatting yet, so you need to do that yourself.  Use the following