diff --git a/website/source/docs/builders/virtualbox.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/builders/virtualbox.html.markdown
index 74d5c5f0e..55d49159f 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/builders/virtualbox.html.markdown
+++ b/website/source/docs/builders/virtualbox.html.markdown
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ an Ubuntu 12.04 installer:
   "fb=false debconf/frontend=noninteractive ",
   "keyboard-configuration/modelcode=SKIP keyboard-configuration/layout=USA ",
   "keyboard-configuration/variant=USA console-setup/ask_detect=false ",
-  "initrd=/install/initrd.gz -- <enter>"
+  "initrd=/install/initrd.gz -- &lt;enter&gt;"
 ]
 </pre>