diff --git a/man2/getrlimit.2 b/man2/getrlimit.2
index 7a4f04f16..e5f9dfa9d 100644
--- a/man2/getrlimit.2
+++ b/man2/getrlimit.2
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ to exceed this limit yield the error
 on BSD.)
 
 Since Linux 4.5,
-this limit also defines the maximum number of file descriptors that 
+this limit also defines the maximum number of file descriptors that
 an unprivileged process (one without the
 .BR CAP_SYS_RESOURCE
 capability) may have "in flight" to other processes,
diff --git a/man2/keyctl.2 b/man2/keyctl.2
index e4704513a..3da3489d5 100644
--- a/man2/keyctl.2
+++ b/man2/keyctl.2
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ category, then it will not receive permissions granted in the
 category.
 
 The
-.I possessor 
+.I possessor
 category grants permissions that are cumulative with the grants from the
 .IR user ,
 .IR group ,
@@ -1992,6 +1992,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 .BR request\-key (8)
 
 The kernel source files
-.IR Documentation/security/keys.txt 
+.IR Documentation/security/keys.txt
 and
 .IR Documentation/security/keys\-request\-key.txt .
diff --git a/man2/request_key.2 b/man2/request_key.2
index aea720ef2..1c2693e65 100644
--- a/man2/request_key.2
+++ b/man2/request_key.2
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ The session-specific keyring
 see
 .BR session-keyring (7)).
 .IP \(bu
-The session keyring for the process's user ID 
+The session keyring for the process's user ID
 .RB ( KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_USER_SESSION_KEYRING ;
 see
 .BR user-session-keyring (7)).
diff --git a/man7/keyrings.7 b/man7/keyrings.7
index 8c45e68c5..de25b2806 100644
--- a/man7/keyrings.7
+++ b/man7/keyrings.7
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ and
 can be used to refer to the caller's own instances of these keyrings.
 
 A link to the user keyring is placed in a new session keyring by
-.BR pam_keyinit (8) 
+.BR pam_keyinit (8)
 when a new login session is initiated.
 .TP
 Persistent keyrings
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ If a matching key is found that has an error state attached,
 that error state is noted and the search continues.
 .IP (6)
 If no valid matching key is found,
-then the first noted error state is returned; otherwise, an 
+then the first noted error state is returned; otherwise, an
 .B ENOKEY
 error is returned.
 .P
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ The thread need not possess the key for it to be visible in this file.
 .\" David Howells, Dec 2016 linux-man@:
 .\" This [The thread need not possess the key for it to be visible in
 .\" this file.] is correct.  See proc_keys_show() in security/keys/proc.c:
-.\" 
+.\"
 .\"	rc = key_task_permission(key_ref, ctx.cred, KEY_NEED_VIEW);
 .\"	if (rc < 0)
 .\"		return 0;
diff --git a/man7/signal-safety.7 b/man7/signal-safety.7
index c5d42a55b..0e76ebff9 100644
--- a/man7/signal-safety.7
+++ b/man7/signal-safety.7
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ When performing buffered I/O on a file, the
 functions must maintain a statically allocated data buffer
 along with associated counters and indexes (or pointers)
 that record the amount of data and the current position in the buffer.
-Suppose that the main program is in the middle of a call to a 
+Suppose that the main program is in the middle of a call to a
 .I stdio
 function such as
 .BR printf (3)
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ and
 with respect to global variables in the main program.
 .IP 2.
 Block signal delivery in the main program when calling functions
-that are unsafe or operating on global data that is also accessed 
+that are unsafe or operating on global data that is also accessed
 by the signal handler.
 .PP
 Generally, the second choice is difficult in programs of any complexity,