diff --git a/doc/global/html-footer.qdocconf b/doc/global/html-footer.qdocconf
index 9957e71f20..c0122a7c4f 100644
--- a/doc/global/html-footer.qdocconf
+++ b/doc/global/html-footer.qdocconf
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ HTML.footer = \
     "   <p>\n" \
     "   <acronym title=\"Copyright\">&copy;</acronym> 2018 The Qt Company Ltd.\n" \
     "   Documentation contributions included herein are the copyrights of\n" \
-    "   their respective owners.<br>" \
+    "   their respective owners.<br/>" \
     "   The documentation provided herein is licensed under the terms of the" \
     "   <a href=\"http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html\">GNU Free Documentation" \
-    "   License version 1.3</a> as published by the Free Software Foundation.<br>" \
+    "   License version 1.3</a> as published by the Free Software Foundation.<br/>" \
     "   Qt and respective logos are trademarks of The Qt Company Ltd. " \
     "   in Finland and/or other countries worldwide. All other trademarks are property\n" \
     "   of their respective owners. </p>\n" \