diff --git a/docs/notification-spec.xml b/docs/notification-spec.xml
index 99f6a96..02e08e2 100644
--- a/docs/notification-spec.xml
+++ b/docs/notification-spec.xml
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@
       </entry>
      </row>
      <row>
-      <entry><literal>"desktop-entry"></literal></entry>
+      <entry><literal>"desktop-entry"</literal></entry>
       <entry>string</entry>
       <entry>
        This specifies the name of the desktop filename representing the
diff --git a/docs/releases/notification-spec-0.9.xml b/docs/releases/notification-spec-0.9.xml
index 26074e0..71cf833 100644
--- a/docs/releases/notification-spec-0.9.xml
+++ b/docs/releases/notification-spec-0.9.xml
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@
       </entry>
      </row>
      <row>
-      <entry><literal>"desktop-entry"></literal></entry>
+      <entry><literal>"desktop-entry"</literal></entry>
       <entry>string</entry>
       <entry>
        This specifies the name of the desktop filename representing the
diff --git a/docs/releases/notification-spec-1.0.xml b/docs/releases/notification-spec-1.0.xml
index 99f6a96..02e08e2 100644
--- a/docs/releases/notification-spec-1.0.xml
+++ b/docs/releases/notification-spec-1.0.xml
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@
       </entry>
      </row>
      <row>
-      <entry><literal>"desktop-entry"></literal></entry>
+      <entry><literal>"desktop-entry"</literal></entry>
       <entry>string</entry>
       <entry>
        This specifies the name of the desktop filename representing the