diff --git a/user_guide/database/active_record.html b/user_guide/database/active_record.html
index 0f09e78..10259a4 100644
--- a/user_guide/database/active_record.html
+++ b/user_guide/database/active_record.html
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@
 <strong>array</strong> or an <strong>object</strong> to the function.  Here is an example using an array:</p>
 
 <code>
-$data = array(<br/>
+$data = array(<br />
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;array(<br />
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'title' => 'My title' ,<br />
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'name' => 'My Name' ,<br />
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'title' => 'Another title' ,<br />
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'name' => 'Another Name' ,<br />
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'date' => 'Another date'<br />
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;)<br/>
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;)<br />
 );<br />
 <br />
 $this->db->update_batch('mytable', $data);
@@ -783,4 +783,4 @@
 </div>
 
 </body>
-</html>
\ No newline at end of file
+</html>
diff --git a/user_guide/general/cli.html b/user_guide/general/cli.html
index 222a77c..4e9bf87 100644
--- a/user_guide/general/cli.html
+++ b/user_guide/general/cli.html
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
 <p>Instead, we are going to open Terminal in Mac/Lunix or go to Run > "cmd" in Windows and navigate to our CodeIgniter project.</p>
 
 <blockquote>
-	$ cd /path/to/project;<br/>
+	$ cd /path/to/project;<br />
 	$ php index.php tools message
 </blockquote>
 
@@ -147,4 +147,4 @@
 </div>
 
 </body>
-</html>
\ No newline at end of file
+</html>
diff --git a/user_guide/helpers/string_helper.html b/user_guide/helpers/string_helper.html
index 3141240..ebdbd3a 100644
--- a/user_guide/helpers/string_helper.html
+++ b/user_guide/helpers/string_helper.html
@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@
 
 <p>Usage example:</p>
 
-<code>echo increment_string('file', '_'); // "file_1"<br/>
-echo increment_string('file', '-', 2); // "file-2"<br/>
-echo increment_string('file-4'); // "file-5"<br/></code>
+<code>echo increment_string('file', '_'); // "file_1"<br />
+echo increment_string('file', '-', 2); // "file-2"<br />
+echo increment_string('file-4'); // "file-5"<br /></code>
 
 
 <h2>alternator()</h2>
@@ -186,4 +186,4 @@
 </div>
 
 </body>
-</html>
\ No newline at end of file
+</html>
diff --git a/user_guide/installation/upgrade_201.html b/user_guide/installation/upgrade_201.html
index 036ef7c..7ae29b8 100644
--- a/user_guide/installation/upgrade_201.html
+++ b/user_guide/installation/upgrade_201.html
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 
 <p>to use either a / or <kbd>base_url()</kbd>:</p>
 
-<code>echo form_open('/'); //&lt;form action="http://example.com/index.php/" method="post" accept-charset="utf-8"><br/>
+<code>echo form_open('/'); //&lt;form action="http://example.com/index.php/" method="post" accept-charset="utf-8"><br />
 echo form_open(base_url()); //&lt;form action="http://example.com/" method="post" accept-charset="utf-8"></code>
 
 </div>
@@ -102,4 +102,4 @@
 </div>
 
 </body>
-</html>
\ No newline at end of file
+</html>
diff --git a/user_guide/libraries/output.html b/user_guide/libraries/output.html
index 7361d79..64ba482 100644
--- a/user_guide/libraries/output.html
+++ b/user_guide/libraries/output.html
@@ -82,12 +82,12 @@
 
 <p>Permits you to set the mime-type of your page so you can serve JSON data, JPEG's, XML, etc easily.</p>
 
-<code>$this->output<br/>
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;->set_content_type('application/json')<br/>
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;->set_output(json_encode(array('foo' => 'bar')));<br/>
-<br/>
-$this->output<br/>
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;->set_content_type('jpeg') // You could also use ".jpeg" which will have the full stop removed before looking in config/mimes.php<br/>
+<code>$this->output<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;->set_content_type('application/json')<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;->set_output(json_encode(array('foo' => 'bar')));<br />
+<br />
+$this->output<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;->set_content_type('jpeg') // You could also use ".jpeg" which will have the full stop removed before looking in config/mimes.php<br />
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;->set_output(file_get_contents('files/something.jpg'));</code>
 
 <p><strong>Important:</strong> Make sure any non-mime string you pass to this method exists in config/mimes.php or it will have no effect.</p>
@@ -174,4 +174,4 @@
 </div>
 
 </body>
-</html>
\ No newline at end of file
+</html>
diff --git a/user_guide/libraries/user_agent.html b/user_guide/libraries/user_agent.html
index e1d3640..d6641c8 100644
--- a/user_guide/libraries/user_agent.html
+++ b/user_guide/libraries/user_agent.html
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
 else if ($this->agent->is_mobile())<br />
 {<br />
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;$this->load->view('mobile/home');<br />
-}<br/>
+}<br />
 else<br />
 {<br />
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;$this->load->view('web/home');<br />
@@ -223,4 +223,4 @@
 </div>
 
 </body>
-</html>
\ No newline at end of file
+</html>