diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/write.2 b/lib/libc/sys/write.2
index 428e7037c45c..9f57f0dc155a 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/write.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/write.2
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ the file without modifying the file pointer.
 For
 .Fn writev
 and
-.Fn pwritev,
+.Fn pwritev ,
 the
 .Fa iovec
 structure is defined as: