diff --git a/Source/cmCacheManager.cxx b/Source/cmCacheManager.cxx
index 73017b42a..e6aec2cf7 100644
--- a/Source/cmCacheManager.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmCacheManager.cxx
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ bool cmCacheManager::SaveCache(const char* path)
       std::string key;
       std::string rkey = i.GetName();
       std::string helpstring;
-      const char* hs = i.GetProperty("HELPSTRING")
+      const char* hs = i.GetProperty("HELPSTRING");
       if ( hs )
         {
         helpstring = i.GetProperty("HELPSTRING");