diff --git a/mapreduce/src/docs/src/documentation/content/xdocs/mapred_tutorial.xml b/mapreduce/src/docs/src/documentation/content/xdocs/mapred_tutorial.xml
index 813acb1eda3..3d1bdab66e6 100644
--- a/mapreduce/src/docs/src/documentation/content/xdocs/mapred_tutorial.xml
+++ b/mapreduce/src/docs/src/documentation/content/xdocs/mapred_tutorial.xml
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@
       and others.</p>
       
       <p>Finally, we will wrap up by discussing some useful features of the
-      framework such as the <code>DistributedCache</code>.
+      framework such as the <code>DistributedCache</code>.</p>
 
       <section>
         <title>Payload</title>