diff --git a/README.maintainer b/README.maintainer
index 8a154583..450331b9 100644
--- a/README.maintainer
+++ b/README.maintainer
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Release Reminders
    Last updated: 2008.
 
  * To construct a source distribution from a pristine checkout,
-   make_release does the following.
+   make_release does the following:
 
     autoconf
     autoheader