diff --git a/functions/array.xml b/functions/array.xml
index f5c011caa5..5e36bb10bc 100644
--- a/functions/array.xml
+++ b/functions/array.xml
@@ -1761,7 +1761,7 @@ blue, large, sphere, medium
      <parameter>needle</parameter> and returns true if it is found in
      the array, false otherwise.
     </para>
-    <para
+    <para>
      If the third parameter <parameter>strict</parameter> is set to
      <literal>TRUE</literal> then the <function>in_array</function>
      will also check the types of the <parameter>needle</parameter>