diff --git a/google/devtools/cloudtrace/v2/trace.proto b/google/devtools/cloudtrace/v2/trace.proto
index f5b184cb7a..f2b4b481c6 100644
--- a/google/devtools/cloudtrace/v2/trace.proto
+++ b/google/devtools/cloudtrace/v2/trace.proto
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ option ruby_package = "Google::Cloud::Trace::V2";
 // its sub-operations.
 //
 // A trace can also contain multiple root spans, or none at all.
-// Spans do not need to be contiguous—there might be
+// Spans do not need to be contiguous. There might be
 // gaps or overlaps between spans in a trace.
 message Span {
   option (google.api.resource) = {