diff --git a/gpl-lgpl.tex b/gpl-lgpl.tex
index ffb78937d17a73d594fbdc411e0dfb084a476048..bb660d2d70a0b487fae0788e3584ad1421f8f4a7 100644
--- a/gpl-lgpl.tex
+++ b/gpl-lgpl.tex
@@ -2576,7 +2576,7 @@ GPLv2 included a defined term, ``work based on the Program'', but also used
 the term ``modify'' and ``based on'' throughout the license.  GPLv2's ``work
 based on the Program'' definition made use of a legal term of art,
 ``derivative work'', which is peculiar to USA copyright
-law.\footnote{(Ironically, most criticism of USA-specific legal
+law.\footnote{Ironically, most criticism of USA-specific legal
 terminology in GPLv2's ``work based on the Program'' definition historically
 came not primarily from readers outside the USA, but from those within
 it.  The FSF noted in that it did not generally agree with these
