diff --git a/xep.xsl b/xep.xsl
index 80015866..b9888572 100644
--- a/xep.xsl
+++ b/xep.xsl
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
 <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl='http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform' version='1.0'>
 
-  <xsl:output doctype-public='-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN' doctype-system='http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd' method='xml'/>
+  <xsl:output doctype-public='-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN' doctype-system='http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd' method='html'/>
 
   <xsl:template name="status-notice">
     <xsl:param name="thestatus"/>