diff --git a/ompi/mca/coll/sync/Makefile.am b/ompi/mca/coll/sync/Makefile.am
index 4883859f7b..854b5f61cd 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/coll/sync/Makefile.am
+++ b/ompi/mca/coll/sync/Makefile.am
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 
 EXTRA_DIST = .windows
 
+dist_pkgdata_DATA = help-coll-sync.txt
+
 sources = \
         coll_sync.h \
         coll_sync_component.c \
diff --git a/ompi/mca/coll/sync/help-coll-sync.txt b/ompi/mca/coll/sync/help-coll-sync.txt
index 18769d3409..4a5c871207 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/coll/sync/help-coll-sync.txt
+++ b/ompi/mca/coll/sync/help-coll-sync.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 # collective component.
 #
 [missing collective]
-
 The sync collective component in Open MPI was activated on a
 communicator where it did not find an underlying collective operation
 defined.  This usually means that the sync collective module's