diff --git a/doc/usermanuals/DD4hep/chapters/basics.tex b/doc/usermanuals/DD4hep/chapters/basics.tex
index 4e707ee1eff01dd3a59a848519942ab98c37c85a..402f4ecc847f77a3ae31bc18ad0fd5d6617e109d 100644
--- a/doc/usermanuals/DD4hep/chapters/basics.tex
+++ b/doc/usermanuals/DD4hep/chapters/basics.tex
@@ -1233,7 +1233,7 @@ The corrsponding XML snippet looks like this:
 PolyhedraRegular(e.numsides(), e.rmin(), 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="PolyhedraRegular" numsides="value" rmin="value" rmax="value" dz="value"/>
 \end{minted}