1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/wc.c b/coreutils/wc.c
index 291af411f..58ea1c7db 100644
--- a/coreutils/wc.c
+++ b/coreutils/wc.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ int wc_main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
         FILE *fp;
         const char *s, *arg;
-        const char *start_fmt = "%9"COUNT_FMT;
+        const char *start_fmt = " %9"COUNT_FMT + 1;
         const char *fname_fmt = " %s\n";
         COUNT_T *pcounts;
         COUNT_T counts[4];