diff --git a/man3/getopt.3 b/man3/getopt.3
index 315224c64..f5970075d 100644
--- a/man3/getopt.3
+++ b/man3/getopt.3
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ A legitimate option character is any visible one byte
 .BR ascii (7)
 character (for which
 .BR isgraph (3)
-would return nonzero) that is not \(aq\-\(aq, \(aq:\(aq  or \(aq;\(aq.
+would return nonzero) that is not \(aq\-\(aq, \(aq:\(aq, or \(aq;\(aq.
 If such a
 character is followed by a colon, the option requires an argument, so
 .BR getopt ()