diff --git a/xep-0199.xml b/xep-0199.xml
index 3c4d6582..47bd553a 100644
--- a/xep-0199.xml
+++ b/xep-0199.xml
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@
     id='ping345'>
   <ping xmlns='urn:xmpp:ping'/>
 </iq>
-  </iq>
     ]]></example>
     <p>If the pinged entity supports the ping namespace, it SHOULD return an IQ result:</p>
     <example caption="Pong"><![CDATA[
@@ -135,7 +134,6 @@
     id='ping456'>
   <ping xmlns='urn:xmpp:ping'/>
 </iq>
-  </iq>
     ]]></example>
     <p>If the pinged entity supports the ping namespace, it SHOULD return an IQ result:</p>
     <example caption="Pong"><![CDATA[