--- a/src/org/stringtemplate/v4/STGroupFile.java
+++ b/src/org/stringtemplate/v4/STGroupFile.java
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ public class STGroupFile extends STGroup
     }
 
     /** Pass in a URL with the location of a group file. E.g.,
-     *  STGroup g = new STGroupFile(loader.getResource("org/foo/templates/g.stg"), "UTF-8", '<', '>');
+     *  STGroup g = new STGroupFile(loader.getResource("org/foo/templates/g.stg"), "UTF-8", '&lt;', '&gt;');
       */
     public STGroupFile(URL url, String encoding,
                        char delimiterStartChar, char delimiterStopChar)
--- a/test/org/stringtemplate/v4/test/BaseTest.java
+++ b/test/org/stringtemplate/v4/test/BaseTest.java
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ public abstract class BaseTest {
             fileManager.getJavaFileObjectsFromFiles(files);
 
         Iterable<String> compileOptions =
-            Arrays.asList("-g", "-source", "1.6", "-target", "1.6", "-implicit:class", "-Xlint:-options", "-d", workingDirName, "-cp", workingDirName+pathSep+CLASSPATH);
+            Arrays.asList("-g", "-source", "1.8", "-target", "1.8", "-implicit:class", "-Xlint:-options", "-d", workingDirName, "-cp", workingDirName+pathSep+CLASSPATH);
 
         JavaCompiler.CompilationTask task =
             compiler.getTask(null, fileManager, null, compileOptions, null,