diff --git a/Documentation/git-blame.txt b/Documentation/git-blame.txt
index 6f39147c05..5720d04ffe 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-blame.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-blame.txt
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ which limits the annotation to the body of the `hello` subroutine.
 
 When you are not interested in changes older than version
 v2.6.18, or changes older than 3 weeks, you can use revision
-range specifiers  similar to 'git rev-list':
+range specifiers similar to 'git rev-list':
 
 	git blame v2.6.18.. -- foo
 	git blame --since=3.weeks -- foo
diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-ignore.txt b/Documentation/git-check-ignore.txt
index 2892799e32..3e3b4e3446 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-check-ignore.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-check-ignore.txt
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ linkgit:gitignore[5].
 	with a NUL character instead of a linefeed character.
 
 -n, --non-matching::
-	Show given paths which don't match any pattern.	 This only
+	Show given paths which don't match any pattern.  This only
 	makes sense when `--verbose` is enabled, otherwise it would
 	not be possible to distinguish between paths which match a
 	pattern and those which don't.