diff --git a/doc/user.xml b/doc/user.xml
index 865369c23..461d7f1b7 100644
--- a/doc/user.xml
+++ b/doc/user.xml
@@ -4080,7 +4080,7 @@ run
(logical "and") can be used to select portions of
the format string depending on the existing tag
values. Example:
- ~/.mpd/recorder/[%title|%name%].ogg
+ ~/.mpd/recorder/[%title%|%name%].ogg
(use the "name" tag if no title exists)