diff --git a/Libraries/LibMarkdown/Table.cpp b/Libraries/LibMarkdown/Table.cpp
index f82728be8d..60fe6e56c5 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibMarkdown/Table.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibMarkdown/Table.cpp
@@ -186,7 +186,9 @@ OwnPtr
Table::parse(Vector::ConstIterator& lines)
size_t relative_width = delimiter.length();
for (auto ch : delimiter) {
if (ch != '-') {
+#ifdef DEBUG_MARKDOWN
dbg() << "Invalid character _" << ch << "_ in table heading delimiter (ignored)";
+#endif
--relative_width;
}
}