diff --git a/securing_apps/topics/saml/java/error_handling.adoc b/securing_apps/topics/saml/java/error_handling.adoc
index 9033571fd2..3929ae9936 100644
--- a/securing_apps/topics/saml/java/error_handling.adoc
+++ b/securing_apps/topics/saml/java/error_handling.adoc
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ This class can tell you exactly what happened.
 If this attribute is not set, then the adapter was not responsible for the error code. 
 
 
-[source,xml]
+[source,javascript]
 ----
 public class SamlAuthenticationError implements AuthenticationError {
     public static enum Reason {
@@ -39,3 +39,4 @@ public class SamlAuthenticationError implements AuthenticationError {
     }
 }
 ----    
+