diff --git a/usr.bin/getconf/getconf.1 b/usr.bin/getconf/getconf.1
index 77fdfc65ea43..199987d5376f 100644
--- a/usr.bin/getconf/getconf.1
+++ b/usr.bin/getconf/getconf.1
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Otherwise,
 all system configuration variables are reported using
 .Xr confstr 3
 and
-.Xr sysconf 3.
+.Xr sysconf 3 .
 .Pp
 The second form of the command, with two mandatory
 arguments, retrieves file- and file system-specific