diff --git a/man/man1/cvs.1 b/man/man1/cvs.1
index 05f37e27..c8daba82 100644
--- a/man/man1/cvs.1
+++ b/man/man1/cvs.1
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ Almost any imaginable date format is acceptable:
 .BR ago' ,
 .B 'a
 .B fortnight
-.BR ago ',
+.BR ago' ,
 and so on.
 If two
 .B -r