diff --git a/man7/man-pages.7 b/man7/man-pages.7
index c2c4ab701..df5b2b921 100644
--- a/man7/man-pages.7
+++ b/man7/man-pages.7
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ A comma-separated list of related man pages, possibly followed by
 other related pages or documents.
 
 The list should be ordered by section number and
-then alphabetically by name
+then alphabetically by name.
 Do not terminate this list with a period.
 .IP
 Where the SEE ALSO list contains many long manual page names,