diff --git a/docs/downloads.html.in b/docs/downloads.html.in
index 04fd16cf0e..6872272247 100644
--- a/docs/downloads.html.in
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@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
           <code>make install</code>
         </p>
         <p>At that point you may have to rerun ldconfig or a similar utility to
-    update your list of installed shared libs.</p>
+    update your list of installed shared libs.
         </p>
 
        <h2>Building from a source code checkout</h2>