diff --git a/l3build.dtx b/l3build.dtx
index e5a0aff..4c84e90 100644
--- a/l3build.dtx
+++ b/l3build.dtx
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@
 %
 % \begin{buildcmd}{tag [\meta{tag name}]}
 % Applies the Lua |update_tag()| function to modify the contents of all the files
-% specified by |tagfiles|;this function updates the `release tag' (or package version)
+% specified by |tagfiles|; this function updates the `release tag' (or package version)
 % and date.
 % The tag is given as the optional command line argument \meta{tag name} and the date using
 % |--date| (or |-d|). If not given, the date will default to the current date in