diff --git a/doc/makedefs.6 b/doc/makedefs.6
index b0176470d..0442c80dc 100644
--- a/doc/makedefs.6
+++ b/doc/makedefs.6
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ Generate
 .I date.h
 and
 .I options
-file. It will read 
+file.
+It will read
 .IR dat/gitinfo.txt ,
 only if it is present, to obtain 
 .B githash=