diff --git a/doc/background/special_tut.qbk b/doc/background/special_tut.qbk
index 9a45824f6..9c311e01b 100644
--- a/doc/background/special_tut.qbk
+++ b/doc/background/special_tut.qbk
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ Now we just need to write the test driver program, at it's most basic it looks s
       std::cout << "<note>The long double tests have been disabled on this platform "
          "either because the long double overloads of the usual math functions are "
          "not available at all, or because they are too inaccurate for these tests "
-         "to pass.</note>" << std::cout;
+         "to pass.</note>" << std::endl;
    #endif
    }