diff --git a/maven-scm-plugin/src/site/apt/examples/bootstrapping-with-pom.apt.vm b/maven-scm-plugin/src/site/apt/examples/bootstrapping-with-pom.apt.vm
index d60e52b..bc2acca 100644
--- a/maven-scm-plugin/src/site/apt/examples/bootstrapping-with-pom.apt.vm
+++ b/maven-scm-plugin/src/site/apt/examples/bootstrapping-with-pom.apt.vm
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     <connection>scm:svn:http://somerepository.com/svn_repo/trunk</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://somerepository.com/svn_repo/trunk</developerConnection>
     <url>http://somerepository.com/view.cvs</url>
-  <scm>
+  </scm>
   ...
   <build>
     ...