diff --git a/examples/client.c b/examples/client.c
index 4d35dbc2..94382c4a 100644
--- a/examples/client.c
+++ b/examples/client.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* -*- Mode: C; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 * -*- */
+/* -*- Mode: C; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */
 
 /* coap-client -- simple CoAP client
  *