diff --git a/man3/scanf.3 b/man3/scanf.3
index e477298ad..8e9106c59 100644
--- a/man3/scanf.3
+++ b/man3/scanf.3
@@ -462,9 +462,8 @@ Matches a sequence of characters whose length is specified by the
 .I maximum field width
 (default 1); the next pointer must be a pointer to
 .IR char ,
-and there must be enough room for all the characters (no terminating
-null byte
-is added).
+and there must be enough room for all the characters
+(no terminating null byte is added).
 The usual skip of leading white space is suppressed.
 To skip white space first, use an explicit space in the format.
 .TP