diff --git a/code/Model/SiteTree.php b/code/Model/SiteTree.php
index 0762421d..d1800135 100755
--- a/code/Model/SiteTree.php
+++ b/code/Model/SiteTree.php
@@ -2083,7 +2083,7 @@ class SiteTree extends DataObject implements PermissionProvider, i18nEntityProvi
             ->setRightTitle(
                 _t(
                     'SilverStripe\\CMS\\Model\\SiteTree.METAEXTRAHELP',
-                    "HTML tags for additional meta information. For example <meta name=\"customName\" content=\"your custom content here\" />"
+                    "HTML tags for additional meta information. For example <meta name=\"customName\" content=\"your custom content here\">"
                 )
             )
             ->addExtraClass('help');
diff --git a/lang/en.yml b/lang/en.yml
index c17dc178..d21fb9a7 100644
--- a/lang/en.yml
+++ b/lang/en.yml
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ en:
     METADESC: 'Meta Description'
     METADESCHELP: 'Search engines use this content for displaying search results (although it will not influence their ranking).'
     METAEXTRA: 'Custom Meta Tags'
-    METAEXTRAHELP: 'HTML tags for additional meta information. For example <meta name="customName" content="your custom content here" />'
+    METAEXTRAHELP: 'HTML tags for additional meta information. For example <meta name="customName" content="your custom content here">'
     MODIFIEDONDRAFTHELP: 'Page has unpublished changes'
     MODIFIEDONDRAFTSHORT: Modified
     MetadataToggle: Metadata