diff --git a/starter.html b/starter.html
index bed2e3eb8..19fa4e6ab 100644
--- a/starter.html
+++ b/starter.html
@@ -235,10 +235,10 @@ scratch. This page gets rid of all links and provides the needed markup only.
           <ul class="sidebar-menu">
             <li class="header">HEADER</li>
             <!-- Optionally, you can add icons to the links -->
-            <li class="active"><a href="#">Link</a></li>
-            <li><a href="#">Another Link</a></li>
+            <li class="active"><a href="#"><span>Link</span></a><</li>
+            <li><a href="#"><span>Another Link</span></a></li>
             <li class="treeview">
-              <a href="#">Multilevel <i class="fa fa-angle-left pull-right"></i></a>
+              <a href="#"><span>Multilevel</span> <i class="fa fa-angle-left pull-right"></i></a>
               <ul class="treeview-menu">
                 <li><a href="#">Link in level 2</a></li>
                 <li><a href="#">Link in level 2</a></li>