diff --git a/src/chars.c b/src/chars.c
index 549ea0da6baea8d1536a20242a26f6b8d11b5d72..1db6b660b1abde703ec956abd39cebabc0919b08 100644
--- a/src/chars.c
+++ b/src/chars.c
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ bool is_cntrl_wchar(wchar_t wc)
 }
 #endif
 
-/* c is a control character.  It displays as ^@, ^?, or ^[ch] where ch
+/* c is a control character.  It displays as ^@, ^?, or ^[ch], where ch
  * is c + 64.  We return that character. */
 unsigned char control_rep(unsigned char c)
 {