diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/JournalReader.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/JournalReader.hs
index 9bf91a8d9..1d5ec041e 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/JournalReader.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/JournalReader.hs
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ accountname = do
 
 -- | Parse whitespace then an amount, with an optional left or right
 -- currency symbol and optional price, or return the special
--- "missing"" marker amount.
+-- "missing" marker amount.
 spaceandamountormissing :: GenParser Char JournalContext MixedAmount
 spaceandamountormissing =
   try (do