diff --git a/src/docs/asciidoc/core/core-appendix.adoc b/src/docs/asciidoc/core/core-appendix.adoc
index 9a2a250301e0..ce31eb55131a 100644
--- a/src/docs/asciidoc/core/core-appendix.adoc
+++ b/src/docs/asciidoc/core/core-appendix.adoc
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ The following example shows a path being used against another bean, by name:
 
 [source,xml,indent=0,subs="verbatim,quotes"]
 ----
-	// target bean to be referenced by name
+	<!-- target bean to be referenced by name -->
 	<bean id="person" class="org.springframework.beans.TestBean" scope="prototype">
 		<property name="age" value="10"/>
 		<property name="spouse">
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ The following example shows a path being used against another bean, by name:
 		</property>
 	</bean>
 
-	// results in 11, which is the value of property 'spouse.age' of bean 'person'
+	<!-- results in 11, which is the value of property 'spouse.age' of bean 'person' -->
 	<bean id="theAge"
 			class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPathFactoryBean">
 		<property name="targetBeanName" value="person"/>
diff --git a/src/docs/asciidoc/languages/dynamic-languages.adoc b/src/docs/asciidoc/languages/dynamic-languages.adoc
index 8464f980cac1..b2f88f4a3626 100644
--- a/src/docs/asciidoc/languages/dynamic-languages.adoc
+++ b/src/docs/asciidoc/languages/dynamic-languages.adoc
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ The following bean definition uses the calculator defined in Groovy:
 [source,xml,indent=0]
 [subs="verbatim,quotes"]
 ----
-	<-- from the file 'beans.xml' -->
+	<!-- from the file 'beans.xml' -->
 	<beans>
 		<lang:groovy id="calculator" script-source="classpath:calculator.groovy"/>
 	</beans>