diff --git a/man3/fopencookie.3 b/man3/fopencookie.3
index e0aa257a0..35b01493f 100644
--- a/man3/fopencookie.3
+++ b/man3/fopencookie.3
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
     mycookie.offset = 0;
     mycookie.endpos = 0;
 
-    stream = fopencookie(&mycookie,"w+", memfile_func);
+    stream = fopencookie(&mycookie, "w+", memfile_func);
     if (stream == NULL) {
         perror("fopencookie");
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);