diff --git a/utils/scancpan b/utils/scancpan
index e77863de34..5465ff4304 100755
--- a/utils/scancpan
+++ b/utils/scancpan
@@ -690,6 +690,7 @@ while (my ($distname, $dist) = each %dist) {
     mkdir $dirname unless -d $dirname;
     if ($need_target{$distname} && ($force || !-f $cfgname)) {
         $dist->{abstract} =~ s|\s+$||;
+        $dist->{abstract} .= q{.} unless $dist->{abstract} =~ m|\.$|;
         my $abstract = wrap( q{}, qq{\t  }, $dist->{abstract} );
         my $homepage = $dist->{resources}->{homepage} || qq{https://metacpan.org/release/${distname}};
         say qq{write ${cfgname}} unless $quiet;