diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/powerpc/power9/other.json b/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/powerpc/power9/other.json
index 3f69422c21f99c..abe16503283101 100644
--- a/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/powerpc/power9/other.json
+++ b/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/powerpc/power9/other.json
@@ -1417,7 +1417,7 @@
   {
     "EventCode": "0x45054",
     "EventName": "PM_FMA_CMPL",
-    "BriefDescription": "two flops operation completed (fmadd, fnmadd, fmsub, fnmsub) Scalar instructions only. "
+    "BriefDescription": "two flops operation completed (fmadd, fnmadd, fmsub, fnmsub) Scalar instructions only. "
   },
   {
     "EventCode": "0x201E8",
@@ -2334,4 +2334,4 @@
     "EventName": "PM_L3_PF_USAGE",
     "BriefDescription": "Rotating sample of 32 PF actives"
   }
-]
\ No newline at end of file
+]