diff --git a/doc/usermanuals/DD4hep/chapters/basics.tex b/doc/usermanuals/DD4hep/chapters/basics.tex
index 37ce84355b25acbb5486f84fc672a280f5125d6e..de11755263b756e00a54f2145b50e51adbd2f82d 100644
--- a/doc/usermanuals/DD4hep/chapters/basics.tex
+++ b/doc/usermanuals/DD4hep/chapters/basics.tex
@@ -1214,7 +1214,7 @@ Defaults are: \texttt{rmin=0},  \texttt{starttheta=0},  \texttt{deltatheta=$\pi$
 Paraboloid(e.rmin(0), e.rmax(), e.dz())
 \end{minted}
 The corrsponding XML snippet looks like this:
-\begin{minted}[frame=single,framesep=3pt,breaklines=true,tabsize=2,linenos,fontsize=\small]{c++}
+\begin{minted}[frame=single,framesep=3pt,breaklines=true,tabsize=2,linenos,fontsize=\small]{xml}
   <some_element type="Paraboloid" rmin="value" rmax="value" dz="value"/>
 \end{minted}
 Defaults are: \texttt{rmin=0}.