diff --git a/GeoModelTools/GeoModelXML/GeoModelXml/data/geomodel.dtd b/GeoModelTools/GeoModelXML/GeoModelXml/data/geomodel.dtd
index bca714ee6daf87fe4dbcfa9ec9e5f01559052307..6ade14d0102b9dc45d9d2bf814c4375a791c6269 100644
--- a/GeoModelTools/GeoModelXML/GeoModelXml/data/geomodel.dtd
+++ b/GeoModelTools/GeoModelXML/GeoModelXml/data/geomodel.dtd
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@
                         offsetPhi CDATA #REQUIRED
 			stepPhi   CDATA #REQUIRED
                         alignable CDATA #IMPLIED
-			skip      CDATA #IMPLIED
+			skip      CDATA #IMPLIED>
   <!ELEMENT replicaXYarrays (transform|logvolref|assemblyref)>
     <!ATTLIST replicaXYarrays  name      ID    #REQUIRED
                         n         CDATA #REQUIRED