diff --git a/contrib/pginterface/pgwordcount.c b/contrib/pginterface/pgwordcount.c
index 437f64a064a..f2d2d488fcf 100644
--- a/contrib/pginterface/pgwordcount.c
+++ b/contrib/pginterface/pgwordcount.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		else
 			sprintf(query,"\
 				UPDATE words \
-				SET matches = matches + 1
+				SET matches = matches + 1 \
 				WHERE word = '%s'",	line);
 		doquery(query);
 		row++;