diff --git a/docs/en/reference/native-sql.rst b/docs/en/reference/native-sql.rst
index cf822f2bb..6bf8b9dee 100644
--- a/docs/en/reference/native-sql.rst
+++ b/docs/en/reference/native-sql.rst
@@ -564,7 +564,6 @@ Let's now see an implicit declaration of the property / column.
 
         <?php
         namespace MyProject\Model;
-            <?php
             /**
              * @NamedNativeQueries({
              *      @NamedNativeQuery(
@@ -648,7 +647,6 @@ followed by a dot ("."), followed by the name or the field or property of the pr
 
         <?php
         namespace MyProject\Model;
-            <?php
             /**
              * @NamedNativeQueries({
              *      @NamedNativeQuery(
@@ -766,7 +764,6 @@ you can use the resultClass attribute instead of resultSetMapping:
 
         <?php
         namespace MyProject\Model;
-            <?php
             /**
              * @NamedNativeQueries({
              *      @NamedNativeQuery(
@@ -814,7 +811,6 @@ You actually can even mix, entities and scalar returns in the same native query
 
         <?php
         namespace MyProject\Model;
-            <?php
             /**
              * @NamedNativeQueries({
              *      @NamedNativeQuery(
@@ -867,4 +863,4 @@ You actually can even mix, entities and scalar returns in the same native query
               name: mappingCount
               columnResult:
                 count:
-                  name: count
\ No newline at end of file
+                  name: count