diff --git a/content/developer/reference/backend/views.rst b/content/developer/reference/backend/views.rst
index 77c5cd1c3..e112cb307 100644
--- a/content/developer/reference/backend/views.rst
+++ b/content/developer/reference/backend/views.rst
@@ -2330,11 +2330,14 @@ Possible children elements of the search view are:
 
           <filter domain="[('state', '=', 'draft')]"/>
           <separator/>
-          <filter domain="[('delay', '<', 15)]"/>
+          <filter domain="[('delay', '&lt;', 15)]"/>
 
        if both filters are selected, will select the records whose ``state``
        is ``draft`` **and** ``delay`` is below 15.
 
+       .. note:: XML does not allow ``<`` to be used within XML elements,
+          an entity reference (``&lt;``) should be used instead.
+
 ``separator``
     can be used to separates groups of filters in simple search views
 
diff --git a/content/developer/tutorials/getting_started/07_basicviews.rst b/content/developer/tutorials/getting_started/07_basicviews.rst
index bc8d3acc6..f919bb094 100644
--- a/content/developer/tutorials/getting_started/07_basicviews.rst
+++ b/content/developer/tutorials/getting_started/07_basicviews.rst
@@ -218,6 +218,16 @@ services *OR* have a unit price which is *NOT* between 1000 and 2000'::
             ('unit_price', '>=', 1000),
             ('unit_price', '<', 2000)]
 
+.. note:: XML does not allow ``<`` and ``&`` to be used inside XML
+    elements. To avoid parsing errors, entity references should be used:
+    ``&lt;`` for ``<`` and ``&amp;`` for ``&``. Other entity references
+    (``&gt;``, ``&apos;`` & ``&quot;``) are optional.
+
+    .. example::
+        .. code-block:: xml
+
+            <filter name="negative" domain="[('test_val', '&lt;', 0)]"/>
+
 .. exercise:: Add filter and Group By.
 
     The following should be added to the previously created search view: