diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5
index 29b266e96f91fe4bb795c9843591b9ac4c284a11..a93d0e6469409dddd8374e5b5286074f60e07253 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5
@@ -1819,7 +1819,6 @@ advisable to prevent job starvation.
 In order limit the amount of data managed by the backfill scheduler,
 if the value of \fBbf_window\fR is increased, then it is generally advisable
 to also increase \fBbf_resolution\fR.
-if
 This option applies only to \fBSchedulerType=sched/backfill\fR.
 .TP
 \fBmax_job_bf=#\fR