diff --git a/man2/mknod.2 b/man2/mknod.2
index 07f3ca1bf..cff8e5e0e 100644
--- a/man2/mknod.2
+++ b/man2/mknod.2
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ The file type must be one of
 .BR S_IFREG ,
 .BR S_IFCHR ,
 .BR S_IFBLK ,
-.B S_IFIFO
+.BR S_IFIFO ,
 or
 .B S_IFSOCK
 .\" (S_IFSOCK since Linux 1.2.4)