diff --git a/appendixa/man-desc.xml b/appendixa/man-desc.xml
index c8ac702b6..38833d42c 100644
--- a/appendixa/man-desc.xml
+++ b/appendixa/man-desc.xml
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ the NAME section of the manual page.</para></sect4>
 <para>man2html converts a manual page into html.</para></sect4>
 
 <sect4><title>whatis</title>
-<para>
-whatis searches for keywords in a set of database files, containing short
+<para>whatis searches for keywords in a set of database files, containing short
 descriptions of system commands, and displays the result on the standard 
 output. Only complete word matches are displayed.</para></sect4>