diff --git a/lispref/text.texi b/lispref/text.texi
index 413c10e29c1..bb57da746bf 100644
--- a/lispref/text.texi
+++ b/lispref/text.texi
@@ -1750,7 +1750,7 @@ REVERSE (non-nil means reverse order),\
  BEG and END (region to sort).
 The variable `sort-fold-case' determines\
  whether alphabetic case affects
-the sort order.
+the sort order."
 @end group
 @group
   (interactive "P\nr")