diff --git a/Objects/unicodeobject.c b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
index f238f44..a2145bf 100644
--- a/Objects/unicodeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
@@ -5987,7 +5987,7 @@
 \n\
 Return a list of the words in S, using sep as the\n\
 delimiter string.  If maxsplit is given, at most maxsplit\n\
-splits are done. If sep is not specified or is None,
+splits are done. If sep is not specified or is None,\n\
 any whitespace string is a separator.");
 
 static PyObject*