diff --git a/common/version_internal.h b/common/version_internal.h
index e334c98670191e514cee1340f6abca3d60638e3b..128c136877083801461ac94b26652c2a04e6926f 100644
--- a/common/version_internal.h
+++ b/common/version_internal.h
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@
 /* For prefixing the above messages. Default value: empty string. */
 #define COMMENT_PREFIX
 
-/ * For include git commit id in version printouts */
+/* For include git commit id in version printouts */
 extern char const *const GIT_COMMIT_ID;
 
 #endif