diff --git a/xep-0138.xml b/xep-0138.xml
index 69fe6c75..87f8fae8 100644
--- a/xep-0138.xml
+++ b/xep-0138.xml
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
     <example caption='Entity Closes Stream Because of a Processing Error'><![CDATA[
 <stream:error>
   <undefined-condition xmlns='urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:xmpp-streams'/>
-  <failure xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/compress'/>
+  <failure xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/compress'>
     <processing-failed/>
   </failure>
 </stream:error>