diff --git a/man2/inotify_init.2 b/man2/inotify_init.2
index 21f7c8fea..345cebfd1 100644
--- a/man2/inotify_init.2
+++ b/man2/inotify_init.2
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ to achieve the same result.
 .TP
 .B IN_CLOEXEC
 Set the close-on-exec
-.RB ( FD_CLOEXEC)
+.RB ( FD_CLOEXEC )
 flag on the new file descriptor.
 See the description of the 
 .B O_CLOEXEC