diff --git a/src/libutil/util.hh b/src/libutil/util.hh
index bcd0c1769..b7d3ac504 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/util.hh
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ std::string shellEscape(const std::string_view s);
 
 
 /* Recreate the effect of the perl shellwords function, breaking up a
- * string into arguments like a shell word, including escapes */
+   string into arguments like a shell word, including escapes. */
 std::vector<std::string> shellwords2(const std::string & s);