diff --git a/man2/clone.2 b/man2/clone.2
index 8f2d9e7a3..2c600d268 100644
--- a/man2/clone.2
+++ b/man2/clone.2
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ of the calling process ("the parent"),
 if the clone wrappper has not yet had a chance to update the PID
 cache in the child.
 (This discussion ignores the case where the child was created using
-.BR CLONE_THREAD,
+.BR CLONE_THREAD ,
 when
 .BR getpid ()
 .I should