diff --git a/appendices/history.xml b/appendices/history.xml
index 4c86c657da..af671a2983 100644
--- a/appendices/history.xml
+++ b/appendices/history.xml
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
     in November, 1997, the underlying parsing engine was already
     being entirely rewritten.
    </para>
+   <para>
     Though it lived a short development life, it continued to enjoy
     a growing popularity in still-young world of web development. In
     1997 and 1998, PHP/FI had a cult of several thousand users around