diff --git a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/checksum.html b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/checksum.html
index 5ea92a595..6143fad2c 100644
--- a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/checksum.html
+++ b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/checksum.html
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ perform checksum verifications.
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     <td valign="top">readbuffersize</td>
-    <td valign="top">The size of the buffer )in bytes) to use when
+    <td valign="top">The size of the buffer (in bytes) to use when
     reading a file. Defaults to &quot;8192&quot; - you may get a
     better performance on big files if you increase this value.</td>
     <td valign="top" align="center">No</td>