diff --git a/doc/src/Developer_platform.rst b/doc/src/Developer_platform.rst
index dc482cb27a..a31e9d1c72 100644
--- a/doc/src/Developer_platform.rst
+++ b/doc/src/Developer_platform.rst
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ Environment variable functions
 
 .. doxygenfunction:: find_exe_path
    :project: progguide
-             
+
 Dynamically loaded object or library functions
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
diff --git a/src/platform.h b/src/platform.h
index 461b8f75b0..55131ec803 100644
--- a/src/platform.h
+++ b/src/platform.h
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ namespace platform {
 
   /*! Delete a directory and its contents
    *
-   * Unlike the the ``rmdir()`` or ``_rmdir()`` function of the 
+   * Unlike the the ``rmdir()`` or ``_rmdir()`` function of the
    * C library, this function will check for the contents of the
    * folder and recurse into any sub-folders, if necessary and
    * delete all contained folders and their contents before