diff --git a/man3/gethostbyname.3 b/man3/gethostbyname.3
index 1550ddbba..fdfc9aa61 100644
--- a/man3/gethostbyname.3
+++ b/man3/gethostbyname.3
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE
 .RE
 
 .BR herror (),
-.BR hstrerror ()
+.BR hstrerror ():
 .RS 4
 .TP 4
 Since glibc 2.8: