diff --git a/src/options.cpp b/src/options.cpp
index c018cd2..20232f4 100644
--- a/src/options.cpp
+++ b/src/options.cpp
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ options parse_options(int argc, char *argv[])
         ("html",
          translate("Output HTML instead of plain text.").str().data())
         ("status",
-         translate("Output status message every STATUS-INTERVAL seconds")
+         translate("Output status message every STATUS-INTERVAL seconds.")
          .str().data())
         ("status-interval", po::value<std::uint64_t>()
          ->value_name(translate("NUMBER"))->default_value(30),