diff --git a/doc/makedefs.6 b/doc/makedefs.6
index 136084473..5e24242fa 100644
--- a/doc/makedefs.6
+++ b/doc/makedefs.6
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ only if it is present, to obtain
 .B githash=
 and 
 .B gitbranch=
- info and include related preprocessor #defines in
+info and include related preprocessor #defines in
 .I date.h
 file.
 .br