diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/sepgsql.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/sepgsql.sgml
index 21b46de..589fe79 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/sepgsql.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/sepgsql.sgml
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ $ initdb
 $ vi $PGDATA/postgresql.conf
 $ for DBNAME in template0 template1 postgres; do
   postgres --single -F -O -c exit_on_error=true $DBNAME \
-      < /usr/local/pgsql/share/contrib/sepgsql.sql > /dev/null
+      &lt; /usr/local/pgsql/share/contrib/sepgsql.sql &gt; /dev/null
   done
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