diff --git a/normalization.php b/normalization.php
index 9ff8ee6d0e..f9c1e31992 100644
--- a/normalization.php
+++ b/normalization.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ require_once 'libraries/tbl_columns_definition_form.lib.php';
require_once 'libraries/Index.class.php';
if (isset($_REQUEST['getColumns'])) {
- $html = ''
+ $html = ''
. '';
//get column whose datatype falls under string category
$html .= PMA_getHtmlForColumnsList($db, $table, 'string');