diff --git a/include/grpcpp/security/tls_certificate_verifier.h b/include/grpcpp/security/tls_certificate_verifier.h
index 0c678c3ba0a..e619d96d9d3 100644
--- a/include/grpcpp/security/tls_certificate_verifier.h
+++ b/include/grpcpp/security/tls_certificate_verifier.h
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class CertificateVerifier {
   void Cancel(TlsCustomVerificationCheckRequest* request);
 
   // Gets the core verifier used internally.
-  grpc_tls_certificate_verifier* c_verifier() { return verifier_; };
+  grpc_tls_certificate_verifier* c_verifier() { return verifier_; }
 
  private:
   static void AsyncCheckDone(