diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/core.html.en b/docs/manual/mod/core.html.en
index 7762e64817..74df357a4a 100644
--- a/docs/manual/mod/core.html.en
+++ b/docs/manual/mod/core.html.en
@@ -785,7 +785,7 @@ which no other media type configuration could be found.
   Define SSL
 </IfDefine>
 
-    DocumentRoot /var/www/${servername}/htdocs
+DocumentRoot /var/www/${servername}/htdocs
     </pre>
 
 
diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/core.xml b/docs/manual/mod/core.xml
index 09c172d506..17c50f9732 100644
--- a/docs/manual/mod/core.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/mod/core.xml
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ which no other media type configuration could be found.
   Define SSL
 &lt;/IfDefine&gt;
 
-    DocumentRoot /var/www/${servername}/htdocs
+DocumentRoot /var/www/${servername}/htdocs
     </highlight>
 
     <p>Variable names may not contain colon ":" characters, to avoid clashes