diff --git a/gramps/src/plugins/Merge.py b/gramps/src/plugins/Merge.py
index 178ce4e4b..4a46ff807 100644
--- a/gramps/src/plugins/Merge.py
+++ b/gramps/src/plugins/Merge.py
@@ -935,7 +935,7 @@ def runTool(database,active_person,callback):
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def get_description():
-    return _("Searches the entire database, looking for individual entries that may represent the same person")
+    return _("Searches the entire database, looking for individual entries that may represent the same person.")
 
 def get_name():
     return _("Database Processing/Merge people")