diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/HTML.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/HTML.hs
index 2ed0319e7..824f615c0 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/HTML.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/HTML.hs
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ inlinesTilEnd tag = try (do
   inlines <- manyTill inline (htmlEndTag tag)
   return inlines)
 
--- | Extract type from a tag:  e.g. 'br' from '<br>'
+-- | Extract type from a tag:  e.g. @br@ from @\<br\>@
 extractTagType :: String -> String
 extractTagType ('<':rest) = 
   let isSpaceOrSlash c = c `elem` "/ \n\t" in