diff --git a/doc/man/task.1.in b/doc/man/task.1.in
index e2ba544f9..05882ae82 100644
--- a/doc/man/task.1.in
+++ b/doc/man/task.1.in
@@ -1322,7 +1322,7 @@ the user intention here, and instead, the user is expected to set the
 Note how read and write contexts differ for context "family", while for context
 "home" they stay the same.
 
-In addition, every configuration parameter can be overridden for the current 
+In addition, every configuration parameter can be overridden for the current
 context, by specifying context.<name>.rc.<parameter>. For example, if the default
 command for the family context should be displaying the family_report:
 
diff --git a/doc/man/taskrc.5.in b/doc/man/taskrc.5.in
index ce7fc4c3b..3d629bc59 100644
--- a/doc/man/taskrc.5.in
+++ b/doc/man/taskrc.5.in
@@ -551,8 +551,8 @@ the 'history' report, for example, or 'export'.
 
 .TP
 .B burndown.cumulative=0
-May be "1" or "0", and controls the behaviour of the burndown command. When set 
-to 1, it sums up all completed tasks, otherwise they only get plotted in the 
+May be "1" or "0", and controls the behaviour of the burndown command. When set
+to 1, it sums up all completed tasks, otherwise they only get plotted in the
 interval where the task was completed. Defaults to 1.
 
 .SS DATES