diff --git a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRepository.java b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRepository.java
index 80cb5238f..79b5ae699 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRepository.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRepository.java
@@ -2667,7 +2667,7 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      *            The type of the object we're tagging: "commit", "tree" or "blob".
      * @return The newly created tag.
      * @throws java.io.IOException
-     *            The IO exception.
+     *             The IO exception.
      */
     public GHTagObject createTag(String tag, String message, String object, String type) throws IOException {
         return root.createRequest()