diff --git a/doc/man/man1/srun.1 b/doc/man/man1/srun.1
index 41103d7f67afcbfd0197deb25d7db720dcf8dbc0..929d0d8ba524c04730d2a2cc35375982bbbf93ae 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/srun.1
+++ b/doc/man/man1/srun.1
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ Examples of use include "\-\-gres=gpus:2*cpu,disk=40G" and "\-\-gres=help".
 \fB\-H, \-\-hold\fR
 Specify the job is to be submitted in a held state (priority of zero).
 A held job can now be released using scontrol to reset its priority
-(e.g. "\fIscontrol release <job_id>\fR".
+(e.g. "\fIscontrol release <job_id>\fR").
 
 .TP
 \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR