diff --git a/man7/mq_overview.7 b/man7/mq_overview.7
index f764dd57a..50e662205 100644
--- a/man7/mq_overview.7
+++ b/man7/mq_overview.7
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ The remainder of this section describes some specific details
 of the Linux implementation of POSIX message queues.
 .SS Library interfaces and system calls
 In most cases the
-.B mq_*()
+.B mq_* ()
 library interfaces listed above are implemented
 on top of underlying system calls of the same name.
 Deviations from this scheme are indicated in the following table: