diff --git a/azkaban-common/src/main/java/azkaban/project/validator/XmlValidatorManager.java b/azkaban-common/src/main/java/azkaban/project/validator/XmlValidatorManager.java
index 9d68983..dc05c1a 100644
--- a/azkaban-common/src/main/java/azkaban/project/validator/XmlValidatorManager.java
+++ b/azkaban-common/src/main/java/azkaban/project/validator/XmlValidatorManager.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import azkaban.utils.Props;
* <azkaban-validators>
* <validator classname="validator class name">
* <!-- optional configurations for each individual validator -->
- * <item key="validator property key" value="validator property value" />
+ * <property key="validator property key" value="validator property value" />
* ...
* </validator>
* </azkaban-validators>
diff --git a/azkaban-common/src/test/resources/test-conf/azkaban-validators-test2.xml b/azkaban-common/src/test/resources/test-conf/azkaban-validators-test2.xml
index f9651a0..681deee 100644
--- a/azkaban-common/src/test/resources/test-conf/azkaban-validators-test2.xml
+++ b/azkaban-common/src/test/resources/test-conf/azkaban-validators-test2.xml
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
<azkaban-validators>
- <validator classname="azkaban.project.validator.TestValidator" />
+ <validator classname="azkaban.project.validator.TestValidator">
+ <property key="key" value="value" />
+ </validator>
</azkaban-validators>
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