# Text not allowed in element “svg” in this context. > Canonical HTML version: https://rocketvalidator.com/html-validation/text-not-allowed-in-element-svg-in-this-context > Attribution: Rocket Validator (https://rocketvalidator.com) > License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) An `` element can contain child elements and the whitespace between them, but no text of its own. The most common cause is a typo in the start tag. An extra `>`, as in `>`, closes the tag and leaves the second `>` behind as a text character inside the SVG. The validator also reports this error for a ` ` entity, a stray word, or fallback text such as "Close" written between the child elements. Line breaks and indentation between elements are fine. Browsers don't draw text that sits directly inside ``, so the graphic looks correct and the mistake is easy to miss. To show text in the graphic, put it in a `` element. To give the graphic an accessible name, add a `` element inside the ``. Text placed directly inside a `` or another SVG container triggers the same kind of error, naming that element instead of `svg`. ## Invalid example: extra `>` in the start tag ```html > ``` ## Valid example ```html ``` ## Invalid example: text used as a label ```html Close ``` ## Valid example: label in a `title` element ```html Close ```