diff --git a/doc/usermanuals/DD4hep/chapters/basics.tex b/doc/usermanuals/DD4hep/chapters/basics.tex
index 0c934e9683d9c09ac299ef37d6bb95e08b8edafe..4f0ca429edf79bb32352e44dafd0024a43e5b607 100644
--- a/doc/usermanuals/DD4hep/chapters/basics.tex
+++ b/doc/usermanuals/DD4hep/chapters/basics.tex
@@ -1137,7 +1137,7 @@ where the defaults are \texttt{rmin=0}, \texttt{startphi=0} and \texttt{deltaphi
 CutTube(e.rmin(0.0), e.rmax(), e.dz(), e.phi1(), e.phi2(), e.lx(), e.ly(), e.lz(), e.tx(), e.ty(), e.tz())
 \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="CutTube" rmin="value" rmax="value" dz="value" phi1="value" phi2="value"
                 lx="value" ly="value" lz="value" tx="value" ty="value" tz="value"/>
 \end{minted}