diff --git a/man2/close.2 b/man2/close.2
index 136bd0be3..37ab68aea 100644
--- a/man2/close.2
+++ b/man2/close.2
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ even if they subsequently report an error on return from
 POSIX.1 is currently silent on this point,
 but there are plans to mandate this behavior in the next major release
 .\" Issue 8
-of the standard
+of the standard.
 .PP
 A careful programmer who wants to know about I/O errors may precede
 .BR close ()