diff --git a/apa-annotated-bibliography.csl b/apa-annotated-bibliography.csl
index dcdfbfa6391..fc8408bc01a 100644
--- a/apa-annotated-bibliography.csl
+++ b/apa-annotated-bibliography.csl
@@ -190,14 +190,14 @@
   </locale>
   <locale xml:lang="la">
     <terms>
-      <term name="letter"></term>
+      <term name="letter"/>
       <term name="letter" form="short">epistula</term>
     </terms>
   </locale>
   <locale xml:lang="lt">
     <terms>
       <term name="letter">communicationis personalis</term>
-      <term name="letter" form="short"></term>
+      <term name="letter" form="short"/>
     </terms>
   </locale>
   <locale xml:lang="lv">
diff --git a/apa-cv.csl b/apa-cv.csl
index ede70ee0ebe..a04e8b77942 100644
--- a/apa-cv.csl
+++ b/apa-cv.csl
@@ -190,14 +190,14 @@
   </locale>
   <locale xml:lang="la">
     <terms>
-      <term name="letter"></term>
+      <term name="letter"/>
       <term name="letter" form="short">epistula</term>
     </terms>
   </locale>
   <locale xml:lang="lt">
     <terms>
       <term name="letter">communicationis personalis</term>
-      <term name="letter" form="short"></term>
+      <term name="letter" form="short"/>
     </terms>
   </locale>
   <locale xml:lang="lv">
diff --git a/apa-no-ampersand.csl b/apa-no-ampersand.csl
index 458f4c03bd7..4743fc42f36 100644
--- a/apa-no-ampersand.csl
+++ b/apa-no-ampersand.csl
@@ -190,14 +190,14 @@
   </locale>
   <locale xml:lang="la">
     <terms>
-      <term name="letter"></term>
+      <term name="letter"/>
       <term name="letter" form="short">epistula</term>
     </terms>
   </locale>
   <locale xml:lang="lt">
     <terms>
       <term name="letter">communicationis personalis</term>
-      <term name="letter" form="short"></term>
+      <term name="letter" form="short"/>
     </terms>
   </locale>
   <locale xml:lang="lv">
diff --git a/apa-single-spaced.csl b/apa-single-spaced.csl
index d0bc51e6b17..0b5a864b3aa 100644
--- a/apa-single-spaced.csl
+++ b/apa-single-spaced.csl
@@ -190,14 +190,14 @@
   </locale>
   <locale xml:lang="la">
     <terms>
-      <term name="letter"></term>
+      <term name="letter"/>
       <term name="letter" form="short">epistula</term>
     </terms>
   </locale>
   <locale xml:lang="lt">
     <terms>
       <term name="letter">communicationis personalis</term>
-      <term name="letter" form="short"></term>
+      <term name="letter" form="short"/>
     </terms>
   </locale>
   <locale xml:lang="lv">
diff --git a/apa-with-abstract.csl b/apa-with-abstract.csl
index 95ce313693c..491f4463c81 100644
--- a/apa-with-abstract.csl
+++ b/apa-with-abstract.csl
@@ -190,14 +190,14 @@
   </locale>
   <locale xml:lang="la">
     <terms>
-      <term name="letter"></term>
+      <term name="letter"/>
       <term name="letter" form="short">epistula</term>
     </terms>
   </locale>
   <locale xml:lang="lt">
     <terms>
       <term name="letter">communicationis personalis</term>
-      <term name="letter" form="short"></term>
+      <term name="letter" form="short"/>
     </terms>
   </locale>
   <locale xml:lang="lv">
diff --git a/apa.csl b/apa.csl
index f37038d59d4..a5841ca76f9 100644
--- a/apa.csl
+++ b/apa.csl
@@ -190,14 +190,14 @@
   </locale>
   <locale xml:lang="la">
     <terms>
-      <term name="letter"></term>
+      <term name="letter"/>
       <term name="letter" form="short">epistula</term>
     </terms>
   </locale>
   <locale xml:lang="lt">
     <terms>
       <term name="letter">communicationis personalis</term>
-      <term name="letter" form="short"></term>
+      <term name="letter" form="short"/>
     </terms>
   </locale>
   <locale xml:lang="lv">
diff --git a/deutsche-gesellschaft-fur-psychologie.csl b/deutsche-gesellschaft-fur-psychologie.csl
index 8ead25b4ba0..54316874276 100644
--- a/deutsche-gesellschaft-fur-psychologie.csl
+++ b/deutsche-gesellschaft-fur-psychologie.csl
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
           <group delimiter=" ">
             <text term="issue" form="short"/>
             <text variable="number"/>
-        </group>
+          </group>
         </group>
       </if>
       <else-if type="bill book graphic legislation motion_picture report song" match="any">
diff --git a/instituto-de-investigaciones-sobre-la-universidad-y-la-educacion-moderno.csl b/instituto-de-investigaciones-sobre-la-universidad-y-la-educacion-moderno.csl
index 59efddef356..18fbb1c1588 100644
--- a/instituto-de-investigaciones-sobre-la-universidad-y-la-educacion-moderno.csl
+++ b/instituto-de-investigaciones-sobre-la-universidad-y-la-educacion-moderno.csl
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@
           <group>
             <text macro="title" strip-periods="false" quotes="true" prefix=" "/>
             <choose>
-              <if variable="container-title" match="none"></if>
+              <if variable="container-title" match="none"/>
             </choose>
           </group>
           <group prefix=", " delimiter=", ">
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@
             <text macro="locators"/>
           </group>
           <choose>
-            <if variable="container-title"></if>
+            <if variable="container-title"/>
           </choose>
           <group prefix=", " delimiter=", ">
             <text macro="editor"/>