diff --git a/lib/libc/stdio/mktemp.3 b/lib/libc/stdio/mktemp.3
index a9d31462c22c..28a662d11beb 100644
--- a/lib/libc/stdio/mktemp.3
+++ b/lib/libc/stdio/mktemp.3
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ or
 .Fn mkstemp .
 This is common with programs that were developed before 
 .St -ansiC
-compilers were common..
+compilers were common.
 For example, calling
 .Fn mkstemp 
 with an argument of