diff --git a/examples/nginx.conf b/examples/nginx.conf
index 405290b1..40e793e9 100644
--- a/examples/nginx.conf
+++ b/examples/nginx.conf
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ worker_processes 1;
 user nobody nogroup;
 # 'user nobody nobody;' for systems with 'nobody' as a group instead
 error_log  /var/log/nginx/error.log warn;
-pid        /var/run/nginx.pid;
+pid /var/run/nginx.pid;
 
 events {
   worker_connections 1024; # increase if you have lots of clients