diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/JavaGenerator.java b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/JavaGenerator.java
index 7d24f7db88..09f0f0966b 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/JavaGenerator.java
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/JavaGenerator.java
@@ -5543,7 +5543,7 @@ public class JavaGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
         if (!StringUtils.isBlank(header)) {
             out.println("/*");
             printJavadocParagraph(out, header, "");
-            out.println("*/");
+            out.println(" */");
         }
     }