diff --git a/Build-tools/Bootstrap b/Build-tools/Bootstrap
index c1a416356f1..a08006e1eac 100755
--- a/Build-tools/Bootstrap
+++ b/Build-tools/Bootstrap
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ unless ($opt_skip_manual)
 	foreach $file qw/internals manual reservedwords/
 	{
 		$command= "bk cat $opt_docdir/Docs/$file.texi";
-		$command.= "> $target_dir/Docs/$file.texi";
+		$command.= " > $target_dir/Docs/$file.texi";
 		&run_command($command, "Could not updated $file.texi in $target_dir/Docs/!");
 	}
 }