diff --git a/docs/designers.sgml b/docs/designers.sgml
index a0cfb358..bea8b754 100644
--- a/docs/designers.sgml
+++ b/docs/designers.sgml
@@ -2987,7 +2987,7 @@ OUTPUT:
 
 <select name=customer_id>
 	<option value="1000">Joe Schmoe<option>
-	<option value="1001" selected>Jack Smith<option>
+	<option value="1001" selected="selected">Jack Smith<option>
 	<option value="1002">Jane Johnson<option>
 	<option value="1003">Charlie Brown<option>
 &lt;/select&gt;</programlisting>