diff --git a/src/main/java/org/mastodon/mamut/io/MamutViewStateXMLSerialization.java b/src/main/java/org/mastodon/mamut/io/MamutViewStateXMLSerialization.java
index 669c41652..3f26422d2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/mastodon/mamut/io/MamutViewStateXMLSerialization.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/mastodon/mamut/io/MamutViewStateXMLSerialization.java
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 
 /**
  * Utility class that can transform a GUI state
- * <code>Map< String, Object ></code> to XML and vice versa.
+ * <code>Map&lt; String, Object &gt;</code> to XML and vice versa.
  */
 public class MamutViewStateXMLSerialization
 {