diff --git a/wxPython/docs/BUILD.txt b/wxPython/docs/BUILD.txt
index 142a8a8a7f..a3e0fb61fc 100644
--- a/wxPython/docs/BUILD.txt
+++ b/wxPython/docs/BUILD.txt
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ place, then do the same for wxPython.
    command but there are other libraries besides the main wxWidgets
    libs that also need to be built so again I make a script to do it
    all for me so I don't forget anything.  This time it is called
-   ".make" (I use the leading ".  so when I do ``rm -r *`` in my build
+   ".make" (I use the leading "."  so when I do ``rm -r *`` in my build
    dir I don't lose my scripts too.)  This is what it looks like::
 
         make $* \