diff --git a/IPython/terminal/ipapp.py b/IPython/terminal/ipapp.py
index ce1cb43..2605e16 100755
--- a/IPython/terminal/ipapp.py
+++ b/IPython/terminal/ipapp.py
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ frontend_flags['quick']=(
 frontend_flags['i'] = (
     {'TerminalIPythonApp' : {'force_interact' : True}},
     """If running code from the command line, become interactive afterwards.
-    Note: can also be given simply as '-i.'"""
+    Note: can also be given simply as '-i'."""
 )
 flags.update(frontend_flags)