diff --git a/src/MANYBODY/pair_tersoff.cpp b/src/MANYBODY/pair_tersoff.cpp
index cfa42de6cc..aff407697f 100644
--- a/src/MANYBODY/pair_tersoff.cpp
+++ b/src/MANYBODY/pair_tersoff.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    Contributing author: Aidan Thompson (SNL) - original Tersoff implementation
-                        Wengen Ouyang (TAU) - Shift addition
+                        Wengen Ouyang (TAU)  - Shift addition
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 #include "pair_tersoff.h"