diff --git a/docs/reference/ChangeLog b/docs/reference/ChangeLog
index 676af81d3a..b5fbfa1571 100644
--- a/docs/reference/ChangeLog
+++ b/docs/reference/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2003-04-01  Matthias Clasen  <maclas@gmx.de>
 
+	* gtk/tmpl/gtkmessagedialog.sgml: Fix formatting of examples.
+
 	* gtk/tmpl/gtkfilesel.sgml: Fix the example.  (#109563)
 
 2003-03-22  Michael Natterer  <mitch@gimp.org>
diff --git a/docs/reference/gtk/tmpl/gtkmessagedialog.sgml b/docs/reference/gtk/tmpl/gtkmessagedialog.sgml
index 7908571eea..33906b8dd0 100644
--- a/docs/reference/gtk/tmpl/gtkmessagedialog.sgml
+++ b/docs/reference/gtk/tmpl/gtkmessagedialog.sgml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ returns when any dialog button is clicked.
                                   GTK_DIALOG_DESTROY_WITH_PARENT,
                                   GTK_MESSAGE_ERROR,
                                   GTK_BUTTONS_CLOSE,
-                                  "Error loading file '%s': %s",
+                                  "Error loading file '&percnt;s': &percnt;s",
                                   filename, g_strerror (errno));
  gtk_dialog_run (GTK_DIALOG (dialog));
  gtk_widget_destroy (dialog);
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ You might do a non-modal #GtkMessageDialog as follows:
                                   GTK_DIALOG_DESTROY_WITH_PARENT,
                                   GTK_MESSAGE_ERROR,
                                   GTK_BUTTONS_CLOSE,
-                                  "Error loading file '%s': %s",
+                                  "Error loading file '&percnt;s': &percnt;s",
                                   filename, g_strerror (errno));
 
  /* Destroy the dialog when the user responds to it (e.g. clicks a button) */