diff --git a/man/sd_bus_message_append.xml b/man/sd_bus_message_append.xml
index 3ed70b453e..a029edd1b8 100644
--- a/man/sd_bus_message_append.xml
+++ b/man/sd_bus_message_append.xml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
       <title>Item type specifiers</title>
 
       <tgroup cols='5'>
-        <xi:include href="sd_bus_message_append_basic.xml" xpointer="xpointer(//table[@id='format-specifiers'])//colspec" />
+        <xi:include href="sd_bus_message_append_basic.xml" xpointer="xpointer(//table[@id='format-specifiers']//colspec)" />
         <xi:include href="sd_bus_message_append_basic.xml" xpointer="xpointer(//table[@id='format-specifiers']//thead)" />
 
         <tbody>