diff --git a/tokio/src/task/builder.rs b/tokio/src/task/builder.rs
index ff3f5954b56..ddb5c430ef1 100644
--- a/tokio/src/task/builder.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/task/builder.rs
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ impl<'a> Builder<'a> {
     /// Spawns `!Send` a task on the current [`LocalSet`] with this builder's
     /// settings.
     ///
-    /// The spawned future will be run on the same thread that called `spawn_local.`
+    /// The spawned future will be run on the same thread that called `spawn_local`.
     /// This may only be called from the context of a [local task set][`LocalSet`].
     ///
     /// # Panics