diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/jags/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/jags/package.py
index 95d25a1caf0..cccab17bf17 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/jags/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/jags/package.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 class Jags(AutotoolsPackage):
     """JAGS is Just Another Gibbs Sampler.  It is a program for analysis of
        Bayesian hierarchical models using Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC)
-       simulation  not wholly unlike BUGS"""
+       simulation not wholly unlike BUGS"""
 
     homepage = "http://mcmc-jags.sourceforge.net/"
     url = "https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/mcmc-jags/JAGS/4.x/Source/JAGS-4.2.0.tar.gz"