diff --git a/how-to-guides/syslog-influxdb.md b/how-to-guides/syslog-influxdb.md
index b94cef67..0c3e0ba4 100644
--- a/how-to-guides/syslog-influxdb.md
+++ b/how-to-guides/syslog-influxdb.md
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ Finally, configure `/etc/fluent/fluentd.conf` as follows:
   use_ssl false
   <buffer>
     flush_interval 10s # for testing
-  <buffer>
+  </buffer>
 </match>
 ```
 
diff --git a/output/rewrite_tag_filter.md b/output/rewrite_tag_filter.md
index ca273185..9e71b396 100644
--- a/output/rewrite_tag_filter.md
+++ b/output/rewrite_tag_filter.md
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ The plugins are required to be installed:
 # sample results: {"message":"HTTP Status warn [5xx_count] apache.access: 1.0 (threshold 1.0)"}
 <match alert.http_5xx_error>
   @type deparser
-  tag irc.http_5xx_error>
+  tag irc.http_5xx_error
   format_key_names level,target_key,target_tag,value,threshold
   format HTTP Status %s [%s] %s: %s (threshold %s)
   key_name message