diff --git a/docs/howto/custom-template-tags.txt b/docs/howto/custom-template-tags.txt
index abfa50f0df..d83e06986f 100644
--- a/docs/howto/custom-template-tags.txt
+++ b/docs/howto/custom-template-tags.txt
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ it's rendered:
 .. code-block:: html+django
 
     {% for o in some_list %}
-        <tr class="{% cycle 'row1' 'row2' %}>
+        <tr class="{% cycle 'row1' 'row2' %}">
             ...
         </tr>
     {% endfor %}