diff --git a/lisp/license-boilerplate/license-boilerplate.el b/lisp/license-boilerplate/license-boilerplate.el
index 722d14c..008d8ad 100644
--- a/lisp/license-boilerplate/license-boilerplate.el
+++ b/lisp/license-boilerplate/license-boilerplate.el
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
       (when-let ((author license-boilerplate-copyright-author))
         (insert (format " %s" author)))
       (insert "\n")
-      (insert "\
+      (insert "
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or