diff --git a/doc/lispref/streams.texi b/doc/lispref/streams.texi
index 4c8a7473374..ebd806601ef 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/streams.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/streams.texi
@@ -784,6 +784,7 @@ printed as backslash sequences by the print functions @code{prin1} and
 @code{print} that print with quoting.  If this variable and
 @code{print-escape-newlines} are both non-@code{nil}, the latter takes
 precedences for newlines and formfeeds.
+@end defvar
 
 @defvar print-escape-nonascii
 If this variable is non-@code{nil}, then unibyte non-@acronym{ASCII}