diff --git a/lisp/man.el b/lisp/man.el
index f18e2f50b7c..3efa29d7aad 100644
--- a/lisp/man.el
+++ b/lisp/man.el
@@ -1191,8 +1191,8 @@ Man-getpage-in-background
          (man-args topic)
 	 (bufname
           (if (file-remote-p default-directory)
-              (format "*Man %s %s *" (file-remote-p default-directory) man-args)
-            (format "*Man %s *" man-args)))
+              (format "*Man %s %s*" (file-remote-p default-directory) man-args)
+            (format "*Man %s*" man-args)))
 	 (buffer (get-buffer bufname)))
     (if buffer
 	(Man-notify-when-ready buffer)