diff --git a/gnu/packages/julia-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/julia-xyz.scm
index baf570f62e..ee3373e7c1 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/julia-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/julia-xyz.scm
@@ -1997,7 +1997,7 @@ of dense non-symmetric matrices.")
         (propagated-inputs `(("julia-compat" ,julia-compat)))
         (build-system julia-build-system)
         (home-page "https://github.com/JuliaLinearAlgebra/GenericSVD.jl")
-        (synopsis " Singular Value Decomposition for generic number types")
+        (synopsis "Singular Value Decomposition for generic number types")
         (description "Implements Singular Value Decomposition for generic
 number types, such as BigFloat, Complex{BigFloat} or Quaternions.  It
 internally overloads several Base functions such that existing methods (svd,