diff --git a/man4/hd.4 b/man4/hd.4
index cce6982c6..03e4e5c5b 100644
--- a/man4/hd.4
+++ b/man4/hd.4
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ is a letter denoting the physical drive, and
 .I P
 is a number denoting the partition on that physical drive.
 The first form,
-.BI hd X,
-is used to address the whole drive.
+.BI hd X\c
+, is used to address the whole drive.
 Partition numbers are assigned in the order the partitions
 are discovered, and only nonempty, nonextended partitions
 get a number.