diff --git a/pmd/xdocs/running.xml b/pmd/xdocs/running.xml
index 95ebd5e764..5ba25d3a1c 100644
--- a/pmd/xdocs/running.xml
+++ b/pmd/xdocs/running.xml
@@ -11,17 +11,20 @@
    <ul>
     <li>Build PMD by going to the etc directory and typing 'ant clean'</li>
     <li>Type run 'filename', i.e.:</li>
-<pre>
-C:\data\pmd\pmd\etc>run c:\data\pmd\pmd\test-data\Unused1.java
-C:\data\pmd\pmd\etc>set CLASSPATH=../build/
-C:\data\pmd\pmd\etc>java net.sourceforge.pmd.PMD c:\data\pmd\pmd\test-data\Unuse
-d1.java
-&lt;pmd&gt;&lt;file&gt;
-&lt;name&gt;c:\data\pmd\pmd\test-data\Unused1.java&lt;/name&gt;&lt;ruleviolation&gt;&lt;line&gt;5&lt;/line&gt;
-&lt;description&gt;Found unused local variable 'fr'&lt;/description&gt;&lt;/ruleviolation&gt;&lt;/fil
-e&gt;
-&lt;/pmd&gt;
-    </pre>
+    <source>
+    <![CDATA[
+    C:\data\pmd\pmd\etc>run c:\data\pmd\pmd\test-data\Unused1.java
+    C:\data\pmd\pmd\etc>set CLASSPATH=../build/
+    C:\data\pmd\pmd\etc>java net.sourceforge.pmd.PMD c:\data\pmd\pmd\test-data\Unused1.java
+    <pmd>
+    <file>
+    <name>c:\data\pmd\pmd\test-data\Unused1.java</name><ruleviolation><line>5</line>
+    <description>Found unused local variable 'fr'</description></ruleviolation>
+    </file>
+    </pmd>
+    !>
+    </source>
+    <li>Notice that the output is in an XML format, so you can redirect it to a file and process it later or whatever</li>
    </ul>
    </section>
    <section name="Running PMD via Ant">