diff --git a/src/MiniDocs/LePictureSnippet.extension.st b/src/MiniDocs/LePictureSnippet.extension.st
index 01bd3f6..2664528 100644
--- a/src/MiniDocs/LePictureSnippet.extension.st
+++ b/src/MiniDocs/LePictureSnippet.extension.st
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ LePictureSnippet >> metadataUpdate [
 		  at: 'parent' put: surrogate;
 		  at: 'created' put: self createTime asString;
 		  at: 'modified' put: self latestEditTime asString;
-		  at: 'creator' put: self createEmail asString;
-		  at: 'modifier' put: self editEmail asString;
+		  at: 'creator' put: self createEmail asString withoutXMLTagDelimiters;
+		  at: 'modifier' put: self editEmail asString withoutXMLTagDelimiters;
 		  yourself
 ]