diff --git a/man2/getrusage.2 b/man2/getrusage.2
index 3e1a4da3d..da1e41a1a 100644
--- a/man2/getrusage.2
+++ b/man2/getrusage.2
@@ -49,11 +49,11 @@ returns resource usage measures for
 .IR who ,
 which can be one of the following:
 .TP
-.B RUSAGE_SELF 
-Return resource usage statistics for the calling process, 
+.B RUSAGE_SELF
+Return resource usage statistics for the calling process,
 which is the sum of resources used by all threads in the process.
 .TP
-.B RUSAGE_CHILDREN 
+.B RUSAGE_CHILDREN
 Return resource usage statistics for all children of the
 calling process that have terminated and been waited for.
 These statistics will include the resources used by grandchildren,
diff --git a/man2/prctl.2 b/man2/prctl.2
index 667cc0e61..a292a5955 100644
--- a/man2/prctl.2
+++ b/man2/prctl.2
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ or 0 if it is not.
 .IR <linux/capability.h> .)
 The capability bounding set dictates
 whether the process can receive the capability through a
-file's permitted capability set on a subsequent call to 
+file's permitted capability set on a subsequent call to
 .BR execve (2).
 
 If the capability specified in
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ reduced bounding set.
 
 The call fails with the error:
 .B EPERM
-if the calling thread does not have the 
+if the calling thread does not have the
 .BR CAP_SETPCAP ;
 .BR EINVAL
 if
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ when the process tries to read the timestamp counter.
 .TP
 .BR PR_GET_TSC " (since Linux 2.6.26, x86 only)"
 Return the state of the flag determining whether the timestamp counter
-can be read, 
+can be read,
 in the location pointed to by
 .IR "(int\ *) arg2" .
 .TP
diff --git a/man3/end.3 b/man3/end.3
index eb1b36b7d..64ec6b51f 100644
--- a/man3/end.3
+++ b/man3/end.3
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ These symbols are also defined for programs compiled on Linux.
 
 At the start of program execution,
 the program break will be somewhere near
-.IR &end 
+.IR &end
 (perhaps at the start of the following page).
 However, the break will change as memory is allocated via
 .BR brk (2)
diff --git a/man7/capabilities.7 b/man7/capabilities.7
index f22aa7c67..ec88a04a8 100644
--- a/man7/capabilities.7
+++ b/man7/capabilities.7
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ If this bit is not set, then after an
 none of the new permitted capabilities is in the new effective set.
 
 Enabling the file effective capability bit implies
-that any file permitted or inheritable capability that causes a 
+that any file permitted or inheritable capability that causes a
 thread to acquire the corresponding permitted capability during an
 .BR execve (2)
 (see the transormation rules described below) will also acquire that
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ zero and non-zero values.
 If this bit is set, then the kernel does not grant capabilities
 when a set-user-ID-root program is executed, or when a process with
 an effective or real UID of 0 calls
-.BR execve (2). 
+.BR execve (2).
 (See the subsection
 .IR "Capabilities and execution of programs by root" .)
 .PP