diff --git a/man3/ether_aton.3 b/man3/ether_aton.3
index 5ebc3b67b..ac8afb62a 100644
--- a/man3/ether_aton.3
+++ b/man3/ether_aton.3
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ and
 .BR ether_aton ()
 respectively, and do not use static buffers.
 .PP
-The structure \fIether_addr\fP is defined in 
+The structure \fIether_addr\fP is defined in
 .I <net/ethernet.h>
 as:
 .sp
diff --git a/man3/gethostbyname.3 b/man3/gethostbyname.3
index be1640fa9..649ae405b 100644
--- a/man3/gethostbyname.3
+++ b/man3/gethostbyname.3
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ gethostent_r \- get network host entry
 .BI "struct hostent *gethostbyname(const char *" name );
 .sp
 .BR "#include <sys/socket.h>" "       /* for AF_INET */"
-.BI "struct hostent *gethostbyaddr(const void *" addr , 
+.BI "struct hostent *gethostbyaddr(const void *" addr ,
 .BI "                              socklen_t " len ", int " type );
 .sp
 .BI "void sethostent(int " stayopen );
diff --git a/man3/siginterrupt.3 b/man3/siginterrupt.3
index 880d98f8f..7ef4631ca 100644
--- a/man3/siginterrupt.3
+++ b/man3/siginterrupt.3
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ function, the system call is interrupted by default.
 .PP
 If the \fIflag\fP argument is true (1) and no data has been transferred,
 then a system call interrupted by the signal \fIsig\fP will return \-1
-and the global variable \fIerrno\fP will be set to 
+and the global variable \fIerrno\fP will be set to
 .BR EINTR .
 .PP
 If the \fIflag\fP argument is true (1) and data transfer has started,
diff --git a/man4/console.4 b/man4/console.4
index cd69f81ef..6b151a6c0 100644
--- a/man4/console.4
+++ b/man4/console.4
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Common ways to start a process on a console are:
 .BR inittab (5))
 to start a
 .BR mingetty (8)
-(or 
+(or
 .BR agetty (8))
 on the console;
 (b) ask
diff --git a/man5/utmp.5 b/man5/utmp.5
index ea8530393..ef1ab82fb 100644
--- a/man5/utmp.5
+++ b/man5/utmp.5
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ It sets \fIut_id\fP from the inittab, \fIut_pid\fP and \fIut_time\fP to the
 current values, and \fIut_type\fP to \fBINIT_PROCESS\fP.
 .PP
 .BR mingetty (8)
-(or 
+(or
 .BR agetty (8))
 locates the entry by the PID, changes \fIut_type\fP to
 \fBLOGIN_PROCESS\fP, changes \fIut_time\fP, sets \fIut_line\fP, and waits