diff --git a/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes b/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes
index 7d5dce6e2a41..9aa72302cce7 100644
--- a/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes
+++ b/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes
@@ -4059,7 +4059,7 @@ COBOL programs are an exercise in Artificial Inelegance.
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 Cocaine -- the thinking man's Dristan.
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-Code rot -- mostly caused by people redefing "fresh".
+Code rot -- mostly caused by people redefining "fresh".
 		-- Wes Peters
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 Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum --