diff --git a/include/pty.h b/include/pty.h
index 46a99f47e363831599374dfa9de3a7438262859e..db63853411879851f0cb04ad562e73a7e7634aad 100644
--- a/include/pty.h
+++ b/include/pty.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ int openpty(int *, int *, char *, const struct termios *, const struct winsize *
 int forkpty(int *, char *, const struct termios *, const struct winsize *);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
-extern }
+}
 #endif
 
 #endif