diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 10bb289cc..1e20b132e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-03-30  Colin Watson  <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>
+
+	* docs/grub.texi (default): Use @example rather than nested
+	itemized lists to avoid breaking gendocs.
+
 2011-03-30  Colin Watson  <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>
 
 	* docs/grub.texi (Future): Update.
diff --git a/docs/grub.texi b/docs/grub.texi
index 1c21cb67d..dd3afcf48 100644
--- a/docs/grub.texi
+++ b/docs/grub.texi
@@ -2528,22 +2528,16 @@ each of the submenus starting from the top level followed by the number or
 title of the menu entry itself, separated by @samp{>}.  For example, take
 the following menu structure:
 
-@itemize @w
-@item Submenu 1
-@itemize @w
-@item Menu Entry 1
-@item Menu Entry 2
-@end itemize
-@item Submenu 2
-@itemize @w
-@item Submenu 3
-@itemize @w
-@item Menu Entry 3
-@item Menu Entry 4
-@end itemize
-@item Menu Entry 5
-@end itemize
-@end itemize
+@example
+Submenu 1
+  Menu Entry 1
+  Menu Entry 2
+Submenu 2
+  Submenu 3
+    Menu Entry 3
+    Menu Entry 4
+  Menu Entry 5
+@end example
 
 ``Menu Entry 3'' would then be identified as
 @samp{Submenu 2>Submenu 3>Menu Entry 3}.