diff --git a/docs/manual/debugging.sgml b/docs/manual/debugging.sgml
index 34c92060f3..46980e091f 100644
--- a/docs/manual/debugging.sgml
+++ b/docs/manual/debugging.sgml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
           <option>--gst-plugin-path=<replaceable>PATH</replaceable></option> 
 	  Add a directory to the plugin search path.
          </para>
+       </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <option>--help</option> Print the a short desciption of the
@@ -52,7 +53,6 @@
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
     </para>
-    <para>
     <para>
       The follwing table gives an overview of the mask values and 
       their meaning. (enabled) means that the corresponding flag
diff --git a/docs/manual/helloworld2.sgml b/docs/manual/helloworld2.sgml
index 13e143a330..a1bc1ae408 100644
--- a/docs/manual/helloworld2.sgml
+++ b/docs/manual/helloworld2.sgml
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ gst_play_have_type (GstElement *typefind, GstCaps *caps, GstElement *pipeline)
      Finally we set the pipeline back to the playing state. At this point the
      cache will replay the buffers. We will be notified when the cache is empty 
      with the gst_play_cache_empty callback function:
-    <para>
+    </para>
 
     <programlisting>
 static void