diff --git a/man/veritytab.xml b/man/veritytab.xml
index 317daec8aed..5e444878bc8 100644
--- a/man/veritytab.xml
+++ b/man/veritytab.xml
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ This is based on crypttab(5).
Salt used for format or verification. Format is a hexadecimal string; 256 bytes long maximum;
- -is the special value for empty.
+ - is the special value for empty.