diff --git a/man7/inotify.7 b/man7/inotify.7
index de07005c4..0e10233d1 100644
--- a/man7/inotify.7
+++ b/man7/inotify.7
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ inotify file descriptor are identical (same
 .IR mask ,
 .IR cookie ,
 and
-.IR name )
+.IR name ),
 then they are coalesced into a single event if the
 older event has not yet been read (but see BUGS).
 This reduces the amount of kernel memory required for the event queue,