diff --git a/doc/usermanuals/DD4hep/chapters/basics.tex b/doc/usermanuals/DD4hep/chapters/basics.tex
index e6aac00e3b8c3e2abb6542d4c73fea9a8dbe1b34..d82d1dc99c65de9b48573c6863469dc60492ea8d 100644
--- a/doc/usermanuals/DD4hep/chapters/basics.tex
+++ b/doc/usermanuals/DD4hep/chapters/basics.tex
@@ -1091,7 +1091,7 @@ where the above default values for the \texttt{XML} attributes \texttt{rmin=0},
   Cone(e.z(0), rmi1, rma1, e.rmin2(rmi1), e.rmax2(rma1));
 \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="Cone" z="value" rmin1="value" rmax1="value" rmin2="value" rmax2="value"/>
 \end{minted}
 where the above default values for the \texttt{XML} attributes \texttt{rmin1=0}, \texttt{rmin2=rmin1}, \texttt{rmax2=rmax1}.