diff --git a/servant-docs/src/Servant/Docs/Internal.hs b/servant-docs/src/Servant/Docs/Internal.hs
index fdf1b855..7bf3481f 100644
--- a/servant-docs/src/Servant/Docs/Internal.hs
+++ b/servant-docs/src/Servant/Docs/Internal.hs
@@ -647,6 +647,7 @@ markdown api = unlines $
             case (M.mainType mime_type, M.subType mime_type) of
                 ("text", "html") -> "html"
                 ("application", "xml") -> "xml"
+                ("text", "xml") -> "xml"
                 ("application", "json") -> "javascript"
                 ("application", "javascript") -> "javascript"
                 ("text", "css") -> "css"