diff --git a/dat/data.base b/dat/data.base
index acbd2db0a..0103cdf9c 100644
--- a/dat/data.base
+++ b/dat/data.base
@@ -5207,7 +5207,7 @@ stair*
 	down the steps.  For the man who stood there shouting some
 	incoherent explanation, was a solid gesticulating figure up to the
 	coat-collar of him, and then--nothingness, no visible thing at all!
-		[ The Invisible Man, by H. G. Wells ]
+		[ The Invisible Man, by H.G. Wells ]
 ~statue trap
 statue*
 	Then at last he began to wonder why the lion was standing so