diff --git a/reference/mbstring/functions/mb-substitute-character.xml b/reference/mbstring/functions/mb-substitute-character.xml
index 9a8c8ee7d0..aa698a1238 100644
--- a/reference/mbstring/functions/mb-substitute-character.xml
+++ b/reference/mbstring/functions/mb-substitute-character.xml
@@ -45,13 +45,13 @@
         <listitem>
          <simpara>
           <literal>"long"</literal>: Output character code value (Example:
-          U+3000, JIS+7E7E)
+          <literal>U+3000</literal>, <literal>JIS+7E7E</literal>)
          </simpara>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
          <simpara>
           <literal>"entity"</literal>: Output character entity (Example:
-          &#x200;)
+          <literal>&amp;#x200;</literal>)
          </simpara>
         </listitem>
        </itemizedlist>