diff --git a/lib/libc/locale/isprint.3 b/lib/libc/locale/isprint.3
index 12c7459b64e8..6485a64269c8 100644
--- a/lib/libc/locale/isprint.3
+++ b/lib/libc/locale/isprint.3
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Fn isprint
-function tests for any printing character including space (' ').
+function tests for any printing character including space.
 For single C
 .Va char Ns s
 locales (see