diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/utimes.2 b/lib/libc/sys/utimes.2
index 3c28302ce8e..bfa8abfbe13 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/utimes.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/utimes.2
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ it is assumed to point to an array of two timeval structures.
 The access time is set to the value of the first element, and the
 modification time is set to the value of the second element.
 For filesystems that support file birth (creation) times (such as
-.Dv UFS2 ),
+.Dv UFS2 ) ,
 the birth time will be set to the value of the second element
 if the second element is older than the currently set birth time.
 To set both a birth time and a modification time,