diff --git a/placeholder.el b/placeholder.el
index 33ac313..cee30ee 100644
--- a/placeholder.el
+++ b/placeholder.el
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ This deletes the COUNTth placeholder.  If this command is called
 again immediately after, restore that occurence of the
 placeholder and move to the next."
   (interactive "p")
-  (let ((n (length placeholder-string )))
+  (let ((n (length placeholder-string)))
     (when (eq last-command 'placeholder)
       (insert placeholder-string)
       (when (< count 0) (backward-char n)))