diff --git a/data/templates/default.docbook5 b/data/templates/default.docbook5
index 9f88575e8..b2c407903 100644
--- a/data/templates/default.docbook5
+++ b/data/templates/default.docbook5
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
 <!DOCTYPE article>
 <article
+$if(lang)$
+  xml:lang="$lang$"
+$endif$
   xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" version="5.0"
 $if(mathml)$
   xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"
 $endif$
-  xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
-$if(lang)$ 
-  xml:lang="$lang$"
-$endif$ >
+  xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" >
   <info>
     <title>$title$</title>
 $if(subtitle)$
diff --git a/test/writer.docbook5 b/test/writer.docbook5
index 99624a077..992cd8b63 100644
--- a/test/writer.docbook5
+++ b/test/writer.docbook5
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 <!DOCTYPE article>
 <article
   xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" version="5.0"
-  xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
- >
+  xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" >
   <info>
     <title>Pandoc Test Suite</title>
     <authorgroup>