diff --git a/xdocs/article2_4.xml b/xdocs/article2_4.xml
index 7d447474f..bdf36b583 100644
--- a/xdocs/article2_4.xml
+++ b/xdocs/article2_4.xml
@@ -116,14 +116,13 @@ by format type) to <code>ExtendedMessageFormat</code>:
 new ExtendedMessageFormat("EIN: {0,ein}", Collections.singletonMap(EINFormatFactory.EIN_FORMAT, new EINFormatFactory()));
 </code></pre>
 As expected, this will render a String EIN "AA-9999" as: <code>"EIN: AA-9999"</code>.
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+<br /> <br />
 If we wanted to trigger the EIN masking code, we could trigger that in the format pattern:
 <pre><code>
 new ExtendedMessageFormat("EIN: {0,ein,#}", Collections.singletonMap(EINFormatFactory.EIN_FORMAT, new EINFormatFactory()));
 </code></pre>
 This should render "AA-9999" as: <code>"EIN: AA-####"</code>.
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-<p>
+<br /> <br />
 You can also use <code>ExtendedMessageFormat</code> to override any or all of the built-in
 formats supported by <code>java.text.MessageFormat</code>. Finally, note that because
 <code>ExtendedMessageFormat</code> extends <code>MessageFormat</code> it should work in most