diff --git a/qutebrowser/html/error.html b/qutebrowser/html/error.html
index 1d8f5ed7b..6374a5626 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/html/error.html
+++ b/qutebrowser/html/error.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-<!-- Based on html/error.html from dwb -->
 <!DOCTYPE html>
+<!-- Based on html/error.html from dwb -->
 <html>
     <head>
         <meta charset="utf-8">
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
             </div>
             <div id="errorMessage">
                 <p>Problem occurred while loading the URL {url}</p>
-                <p id="errorMessageText">{error}</a>
+                <p id="errorMessageText">{error}</p>
             </p>
             </div>
 
