diff --git a/doc/usermanuals/DD4hep/chapters/basics.tex b/doc/usermanuals/DD4hep/chapters/basics.tex
index 5d12a8288c45da7c008004c33992e38ae1efee4c..4e707ee1eff01dd3a59a848519942ab98c37c85a 100644
--- a/doc/usermanuals/DD4hep/chapters/basics.tex
+++ b/doc/usermanuals/DD4hep/chapters/basics.tex
@@ -1242,7 +1242,7 @@ The corrsponding XML snippet looks like this:
 PolyhedraRegular(e.numsides(), e.rmin(), e.startphi(), e.deltaphi(), vector<z>, vector<rmin>, vector<rmax>);
 \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="Polyhedra" numsides="value" startphi="value" deltaphi="value">
     <plane z="z-value" rmin="rmin-value" rmax="rmax-value"/>
     <plane z="z-value" rmin="rmin-value" rmax="rmax-value"/>