diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/FieldAttributes.java b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/FieldAttributes.java
index 511c2cbd..b69ebf92 100644
--- a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/FieldAttributes.java
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/FieldAttributes.java
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public final class FieldAttributes {
    *   private List<String> red;
    * }
    *
-   * Type listParmeterizedType = new TypeToken<List<String>>() {}.getType();
+   * Type listParmeterizedType = new TypeToken&lt;List&lt;String&gt;&gt;() {}.getType();
    * </pre>
    *
    * <p>This method would return {@code String.class} for the {@code bar} field and