diff --git a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
index 96b187231..b7397b64b 100644
--- a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
+++ b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
                 alphabetical order, regardless in which of the
                 directories they reside, to guarantee that a specific
                 configuration file takes precedence over another file
-                with an alphabetically later name</para>
+                with an alphabetically later name.</para>
 
                 <para>If the administrator wants to disable a
                 configuration file supplied by the vendor the