diff --git a/net-misc/kafkacat/metadata.xml b/net-misc/kafkacat/metadata.xml
index 862bbf6be6e26..38dfb6bd2c6b1 100644
--- a/net-misc/kafkacat/metadata.xml
+++ b/net-misc/kafkacat/metadata.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-	<maintainer type="person"
+	<maintainer type="person">
 	<email>williamh@gentoo.org</email>
 	<name>William Hubbs</name>
 	</maintainer>