diff --git a/scripts/managen b/scripts/managen
index d70df2fbfd..e117e335ce 100755
--- a/scripts/managen
+++ b/scripts/managen
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ sub single {
     }
     elsif($multi eq "append") {
         push @extra,
-            sprintf("${pre}%s can be used several times in a command line\n",
+            sprintf("${pre}%s can be used several times in a command line.\n",
                     manpageify($long, $manpage));
     }
     elsif($multi eq "boolean") {