diff --git a/README b/README
index 305b58fe084..65ae8ed46dd 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -597,12 +597,12 @@ MacOSX: The tests will crash on both 10.1 and 10.2 with SEGV in
         want to use any Aqua-based GUI toolkit (whether Tkinter, wxPython,
         Carbon, Cocoa or anything else).
 
-	You may also want to try the configure option "--enable-universalsdk"
-	which builds Python as a universal binary with support for the 
-	i386 and PPC architetures. This requires Xcode 2.1 or later to build.
+        You may also want to try the configure option "--enable-universalsdk"
+        which builds Python as a universal binary with support for the 
+        i386 and PPC architetures. This requires Xcode 2.1 or later to build.
 
         See Mac/README for more information on framework and 
-	universal builds.
+        universal builds.
 
 Cygwin: With recent (relative to the time of writing, 2001-12-19)
         Cygwin installations, there are problems with the interaction
@@ -1117,7 +1117,7 @@ Modules/getpath.o.
 --with-tsc: Profile using the Pentium timestamping counter (TSC).
 
 --with-system-ffi:  Build the _ctypes extension module using an ffi
-	library installed on the system.
+        library installed on the system.
 
 
 Building for multiple architectures (using the VPATH feature)