diff --git a/docs/why-the-dot.md b/docs/why-the-dot.md
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--- a/docs/why-the-dot.md
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@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ add the domain to it.
 Here are four examples:
 
 ```
-    CNAME("foo", "bar)        // Permitted. (expands to bar.$DOMAIN)
+    CNAME("foo", "bar")        // Permitted. (expands to bar.$DOMAIN)
     CNAME("foo", "bar.com.")  // Permitted. (we are certain what the user wants)
     CNAME("foo", "bar.com")   // ERROR (ambiguous)
     CNAME("foo", "meta.xyz")  // ERROR (ambiguous)