diff --git a/qapi/run-state.json b/qapi/run-state.json
index 8124220bd979948db36e17a575cba5043df85d24..15d6c9a2ed095e635bd8c3da80998f65c27d1493 100644
--- a/qapi/run-state.json
+++ b/qapi/run-state.json
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@
 #
 # @poweroff: Shutdown the VM and exit
 #
-# @pause: pause the VM#
+# @pause: pause the VM
 #
 # Since: 6.0
 ##