Fail2ban - stop DOS attack from remote host - won't start

In the jail.local file, the jail section heading is on the same line as the comment:

##To stop DOS attack from remote host. [http-get-dos] 
enabled = true 
port = http,https 
filter = http-get-dos 
logpath = /var/log/apache*/access.log 
maxretry = 400 
findtime = 400 
bantime = 200 
ignoreip = 127.0.0.1
action = iptables[name=HTTP, port=http, protocol=tcp]

This means the section heading is being ignored. It should be put on a separate line like so:

##To stop DOS attack from remote host.
[http-get-dos] 
enabled = true 
port = http,https 
filter = http-get-dos 
logpath = /var/log/apache*/access.log 
maxretry = 400 
findtime = 400 
bantime = 200 
ignoreip = 127.0.0.1
action = iptables[name=HTTP, port=http, protocol=tcp]