diff --git a/gnu/COPYING.LIB b/gnu/COPYING.LIB
index eb685a5ec981..709ee4813728 100644
--- a/gnu/COPYING.LIB
+++ b/gnu/COPYING.LIB
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ it.
 Thus, it is not the intent of this section to claim rights or contest
 your rights to work written entirely by you; rather, the intent is to
 exercise the right to control the distribution of derivative or
-collective works based on the Library.
+collective works based on the Library..
 
 In addition, mere aggregation of another work not based on the Library
 with the Library (or with a work based on the Library) on a volume of