diff --git a/doc/libalsaaudio.rst b/doc/libalsaaudio.rst
index c1fc337..791a623 100644
--- a/doc/libalsaaudio.rst
+++ b/doc/libalsaaudio.rst
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ PCM objects have the following methods:
 
    In case of an overrun, this function will return a negative size: :const:`-EPIPE`.
    This indicates that data was lost, even if the operation itself succeeded.
-   Try using a larger periodsize;
+   Try using a larger periodsize.
 
 .. method:: PCM.write(data)