diff --git a/cpp/common/src/codingstandards/cpp/deadcode/UnusedVariables.qll b/cpp/common/src/codingstandards/cpp/deadcode/UnusedVariables.qll
index b896fb6f9e..a7accd5252 100644
--- a/cpp/common/src/codingstandards/cpp/deadcode/UnusedVariables.qll
+++ b/cpp/common/src/codingstandards/cpp/deadcode/UnusedVariables.qll
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class BasePotentiallyUnusedGlobalOrNamespaceVariable extends GlobalOrNamespaceVa
 
 /**
  * A `GlobalOrNamespaceVariable` which is potentially unused, and is not defined in a macro.
-*/
+ */
 class PotentiallyUnusedGlobalOrNamespaceVariable extends BasePotentiallyUnusedGlobalOrNamespaceVariable
 {
   PotentiallyUnusedGlobalOrNamespaceVariable() {