diff --git a/gnu/packages/ruby.scm b/gnu/packages/ruby.scm
index 55af2beb8b..9e244bf38c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/ruby.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/ruby.scm
@@ -6408,7 +6408,7 @@ (define-public ruby-ox
      "Optimized XML (Ox) is a fast XML parser and object serializer for Ruby
 written as a native C extension.  It was designed to be an alternative to
 Nokogiri and other Ruby XML parsers for generic XML parsing and as an
-alternative to Marshal for Object serialization. ")
+alternative to Marshal for Object serialization.")
     (home-page "http://www.ohler.com/ox")
     (license license:expat)))