diff --git a/sci-physics/bullet/metadata.xml b/sci-physics/bullet/metadata.xml
index f6d1a3ecfebd0..4ff34f9b0eaf1 100644
--- a/sci-physics/bullet/metadata.xml
+++ b/sci-physics/bullet/metadata.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   Bullet is a professional open source multi-threaded 
   3D Collision Detection and Rigid Body Dynamics Library
   for games and animation.
-</longdescription>
+  </longdescription>
   <use>
     <flag restrict="&lt;=sci-physics/bullet-3.17" name="extras">Build the extras</flag>
     <flag name="double-precision">Build libraries in double precision</flag>