diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.sgml
index c5a701d6e5..e1537030f6 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.sgml
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ sshd is running as pid 433.</screen>
       during system initialization to determine the order in which
       system services should be invoked to satisfy the dependencies.
       The following words may be included at the top of each startup
-      file :</para>
+      file:</para>
 
     <itemizedlist>
       <listitem>