diff --git a/UPGRADING.md b/UPGRADING.md
index d1ba1054be..9d5d41d16d 100644
--- a/UPGRADING.md
+++ b/UPGRADING.md
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ that you might stumble across when upgrading from Phing 2 to 3.
 * Obsolete `ExportPropertiesTask` was removed in favor of the `EchoPropertiesTask`
     ```xml
     <exportproperties targetfile="output.props" />
-    <-- is the same as -->
+    <!-- is the same as -->
     <echoproperties destfile="output.props" regex="/^((?!host\.)(?!os\.)(?!env\.)(?!phing\.)(?!php\.)(?!line\.)(?!user\.)[\s\S])*$/"/>
     ```
 * `FileHashTask` creates now a file by default