--- a/libinterp/parse-tree/pt-mat.cc	Thu Feb 27 09:56:47 2014 -0800
+++ b/libinterp/parse-tree/pt-mat.cc	Sat Mar 01 22:11:32 2014 -0800
@@ -1380,7 +1380,7 @@
 @deftypefnx {Built-in Function} {@var{old_val} =} string_fill_char (@var{new_val})\n\
 @deftypefnx {Built-in Function} {} string_fill_char (@var{new_val}, \"local\")\n\
 Query or set the internal variable used to pad all rows of a character\n\
-matrix to the same length.  It must be a single character.  The default\n\
+matrix to the same length; It must be a single character.  The default\n\
 value is @qcode{\" \"} (a single space).  For example:\n\
 \n\
 @example\n\