diff --git a/source/std/experimental/xml/package.d b/source/std/experimental/xml/package.d
index db6a5a0..2cd6936 100644
--- a/source/std/experimental/xml/package.d
+++ b/source/std/experimental/xml/package.d
@@ -56,9 +56,14 @@
 +
 +   // write it out to "catalogue.xml"
 +   auto file = File("catalogue.xml", "w");
-+   file.lockingTextWriter
-+       .writerFor!string   // instatiates an xml writer on top of an output range
-+       .writeDOM(dom);     // write the document with all of its children
++
++	auto textWriter = file.lockingTextWriter;  // instatiates an xml writer on top of an output range
++	textWriter.writerFor!string.writeDOM(dom); // write the document with all of its children
++
++   // bug: 
++   // file.lockingTextWriter
++   //    .writerFor!string   // instatiates an xml writer on top of an output range
++   //    .writeDOM(dom);     // write the document with all of its children
 +   -----
 +
 +   Also available is a SAX parser, which we will use to find all text nodes containing
diff --git a/source/std/experimental/xml/writer.d b/source/std/experimental/xml/writer.d
index 8d4455e..bf49451 100644
--- a/source/std/experimental/xml/writer.d
+++ b/source/std/experimental/xml/writer.d
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ void writeDOM(WriterType, NodeType)(auto ref WriterType writer, NodeType node)
                 foreach (attr; elem.attributes)
                     writer.writeAttribute(attr.nodeName, attr.value);
             foreach (child; elem.childNodes)
-                writer.writeDOM(elem);
+                writer.writeDOM(child);
             writer.closeElement(elem.tagName);
             break;
         case text: