diff --git a/libvips/foreign/pdfload.c b/libvips/foreign/pdfload.c
index 39dbcaa5..ba1ed4c0 100644
--- a/libvips/foreign/pdfload.c
+++ b/libvips/foreign/pdfload.c
@@ -341,10 +341,10 @@ vips_foreign_load_pdf_generate( VipsRegion *or,
 	int y;
 
 	/*
-	 */
 	printf( "vips_foreign_load_pdf_generate: "
 		"left = %d, top = %d, width = %d, height = %d\n", 
 		r->left, r->top, r->width, r->height ); 
+	 */
 
 	/* Poppler won't always paint the background. Use 255 (white) for the
 	 * bg, PDFs generally assume a paper backgrocund colour.