diff --git a/udev/udev.xml b/udev/udev.xml
index 8cace1a1c6..6f32f2164f 100644
--- a/udev/udev.xml
+++ b/udev/udev.xml
@@ -581,8 +581,8 @@
             all keys of the rule have matched. If the matching device does not have
             such an attribute, and a previous KERNELS, SUBSYSTEMS, DRIVERS, or
             ATTRS test selected a parent device, then the attribute from that
-            parent device is used.
-            If the attribute is a symlink, the last element of the symlink target is
+            parent device is used.</para>
+            <para>If the attribute is a symlink, the last element of the symlink target is
             returned as the value.</para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>