diff --git a/bin/rndc/rndc.docbook b/bin/rndc/rndc.docbook
index b0925531be..17a4d7250d 100644
--- a/bin/rndc/rndc.docbook
+++ b/bin/rndc/rndc.docbook
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@
           <para>
             Flushes the given name, and all of its subdomains,
             from the server's DNS cache.  Note that this does
-            <emphasis>not<emphasis> affect he server's address
+            <emphasis>not</emphasis> affect he server's address
             database or bad-server cache.
           </para>
         </listitem>