diff --git a/next/rules.html b/next/rules.html
index 29897b7e3..7b411ced3 100644
--- a/next/rules.html
+++ b/next/rules.html
@@ -830,7 +830,6 @@ practices</a>.
 See also the <a href="https://www.markdownguide.org/basic-syntax">markdown syntax</a> guide
 and the <a href="https://spec.commonmark.org/current/">CommonMark Spec</a>.
 </p>
-</p>
 <p class="leftbar">
 The xz compressed tarball file <strong>MUST</strong> be less than or equal <strong>3999971</strong> octets in size.
 </p>
diff --git a/next/rules.md b/next/rules.md
index 7e3ea6387..b08525094 100644
--- a/next/rules.md
+++ b/next/rules.md
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ practices](../faq.html#markdown).
 
 <p class="leftbar">
 See also the [markdown syntax](https://www.markdownguide.org/basic-syntax) guide
-and the [CommonMark Spec](https://spec.commonmark.org/current/).</p>
+and the [CommonMark Spec](https://spec.commonmark.org/current/).
 </p>
 
 <p class="leftbar">