Index: trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/io/ValidatorErrorWriter.java
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--- trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/io/ValidatorErrorWriter.java	(revision 12697)
+++ trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/io/ValidatorErrorWriter.java	(revision 12698)
@@ -105,5 +105,5 @@
                         p.accept(osmWriter);
                     }
-                    out.println("      <text lang='"+XmlWriter.encode(lang)+"' value='"+XmlWriter.encode(error.getDescription())+"'>");
+                    out.println("      <text lang='"+XmlWriter.encode(lang)+"' value='"+XmlWriter.encode(error.getDescription())+"'/>");
                     if (error.isFixable()) {
                         out.println("      <fixes>");