diff --git a/pmd-xml/src/main/resources/category/xml/errorprone.xml b/pmd-xml/src/main/resources/category/xml/errorprone.xml
index 18c01924d6..c868b036f0 100644
--- a/pmd-xml/src/main/resources/category/xml/errorprone.xml
+++ b/pmd-xml/src/main/resources/category/xml/errorprone.xml
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ Rules to detect constructs that are either broken, extremely confusing or prone
     <rule name="MistypedCDATASection"
           language="xml"
           since="5.0"
-          message="Potentialy mistyped CDATA section with extra [ at beginning or ] at the end."
+          message="Potentially mistyped CDATA section with extra [ at beginning or ] at the end."
           class="net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.rule.XPathRule"
           externalInfoUrl="${pmd.website.baseurl}/pmd_rules_xml_errorprone.html#mistypedcdatasection">
         <description>
-An XML CDATA section begins with a &lt;!CDATA[ marker, which has only one [, and ends with a ]]&gt; marker, which has only two ]. 
+An XML CDATA section begins with a &lt;![CDATA[ marker, which has only one [, and ends with a ]]&gt; marker, which has two ].
         </description>
         <priority>3</priority>
         <properties>
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ An XML CDATA section begins with a &lt;!CDATA[ marker, which has only one [, and
         </properties>
         <example>
 <![CDATA[
-An extra [ looks like &lt;!CDATA[[]]&gt;, and an extra ] looks like &lt;!CDATA[]]]&gt;.
+An extra [ looks like &lt;![CDATA[[]]&gt;, and an extra ] looks like &lt;![CDATA[]]]&gt;.
 ]]>
         </example>
     </rule>