diff --git a/hgext/shelve.py b/hgext/shelve.py
--- a/hgext/shelve.py
+++ b/hgext/shelve.py
@@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ def shelvecmd(ui, repo, *pats, **opts):
     files. If specific files or directories are named, only changes to
     those files are shelved.
 
-    In bare shelve(when no files are specified, without interactive,
+    In bare shelve (when no files are specified, without interactive,
     include and exclude option), shelving remembers information if the
     working directory was on newly created branch, in other words working
     directory was on different branch than its first parent. In this
diff --git a/i18n/ja.po b/i18n/ja.po
--- a/i18n/ja.po
+++ b/i18n/ja.po
@@ -10464,7 +10464,7 @@ msgstr ""
 "    指定対象の変更のみが退避されます。"
 
 msgid ""
-"    In bare shelve(when no files are specified, without interactive,\n"
+"    In bare shelve (when no files are specified, without interactive,\n"
 "    include and exclude option), shelving remembers information if the\n"
 "    working directory was on newly created branch, in other words working\n"
 "    directory was on different branch than its first parent. In this\n"
diff --git a/i18n/pt_BR.po b/i18n/pt_BR.po
--- a/i18n/pt_BR.po
+++ b/i18n/pt_BR.po
@@ -10582,7 +10582,7 @@ msgstr ""
 "    engavetadas."
 
 msgid ""
-"    In bare shelve(when no files are specified, without interactive,\n"
+"    In bare shelve (when no files are specified, without interactive,\n"
 "    include and exclude option), shelving remembers information if the\n"
 "    working directory was on newly created branch, in other words working\n"
 "    directory was on different branch than its first parent. In this\n"
diff --git a/tests/test-shelve.t b/tests/test-shelve.t
--- a/tests/test-shelve.t
+++ b/tests/test-shelve.t
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ shelve has a help message
       specific files or directories are named, only changes to those files are
       shelved.
   
-      In bare shelve(when no files are specified, without interactive, include
+      In bare shelve (when no files are specified, without interactive, include
       and exclude option), shelving remembers information if the working
       directory was on newly created branch, in other words working directory
       was on different branch than its first parent. In this situation