diff --git a/components/serializer.rst b/components/serializer.rst
index b8fe7a7b5f0..3013973cef1 100644
--- a/components/serializer.rst
+++ b/components/serializer.rst
@@ -942,9 +942,7 @@ Use the special ``#`` key to define the data of a node::
     // is encoded as follows:
     // <?xml version="1.0"?>
     // <response>
-    //     <foo bar="value">
-    //        baz
-    //     </foo>
+    //     <foo bar="value">baz</foo>
     // </response>
 
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