diff --git a/doc/man/man1/scontrol.1 b/doc/man/man1/scontrol.1
index 4f89bcc737de6895ae4ca0a49cdbaf339afecbbf..5a6867d62642fb6578192061ecc5eb0165d06286 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/scontrol.1
+++ b/doc/man/man1/scontrol.1
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ updated configuration values to the \fIupdate\fP. Note that while most
 configuration values can be changed using this command, not all can be changed
 using this mechanism. In particular, the hardware configuration of a node or
 the physical addition or removal of nodes from the cluster may only be
-accomplished through editing the Slurm configuration file and executing\
+accomplished through editing the Slurm configuration file and executing
 the \fIreconfigure\fP command (described above).
 
 .TP