diff --git a/Lib/dircache.py b/Lib/dircache.py
index 6171ff83fde..be2f314cb51 100644
--- a/Lib/dircache.py
+++ b/Lib/dircache.py
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ __all__ = ["listdir", "opendir", "annotate", "reset"]
 cache = {}
 
 def reset():
-      """Reset the cache completely."""
-      global cache
-      cache = {}
+    """Reset the cache completely."""
+    global cache
+    cache = {}
 
 def listdir(path):
     """List directory contents, using cache."""
diff --git a/Lib/inspect.py b/Lib/inspect.py
index a7c78597da3..57f991c5981 100644
--- a/Lib/inspect.py
+++ b/Lib/inspect.py
@@ -643,5 +643,3 @@ def stack(context=1):
 def trace(context=1):
     """Return a list of records for the stack below the current exception."""
     return getinnerframes(sys.exc_traceback, context)
-
-
diff --git a/Lib/pydoc.py b/Lib/pydoc.py
index 607458b1dbe..b64e78e4bf7 100755
--- a/Lib/pydoc.py
+++ b/Lib/pydoc.py
@@ -1032,7 +1032,7 @@ class ModuleScanner(Scanner):
         children = []
         for file in os.listdir(dir):
             path = os.path.join(dir, file)
-            if ispackage(path): 
+            if ispackage(path):
                 children.append((path, package + (package and '.') + file))
             else:
                 children.append((path, package))
@@ -1416,5 +1416,3 @@ def cli():
 """ % (cmd, os.sep, cmd, cmd, cmd, cmd, os.sep)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__': cli()
-
-
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_scope.py b/Lib/test/test_scope.py
index 4bd8ed7ea9b..5df0328d6d7 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_scope.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_scope.py
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ print "16. check leaks"
 
 class Foo:
     count = 0
-    
+
     def __init__(self):
         Foo.count += 1
 
@@ -400,9 +400,8 @@ def f1():
     def f2():
         return x
     f2()
-    
+
 for i in range(100):
     f1()
 
 verify(Foo.count == 0)
-
diff --git a/Lib/urllib2.py b/Lib/urllib2.py
index a1e157bca09..d03d8fbeab2 100644
--- a/Lib/urllib2.py
+++ b/Lib/urllib2.py
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ class HTTPBasicAuthHandler(AbstractBasicAuthHandler, BaseHandler):
 
     def http_error_401(self, req, fp, code, msg, headers):
         host = urlparse.urlparse(req.get_full_url())[1]
-        return self.http_error_auth_reqed('www-authenticate', 
+        return self.http_error_auth_reqed('www-authenticate',
                                           host, req, headers)
 
 
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ class ProxyBasicAuthHandler(AbstractBasicAuthHandler, BaseHandler):
 
     def http_error_407(self, req, fp, code, msg, headers):
         host = req.get_host()
-        return self.http_error_auth_reqed('proxy-authenticate', 
+        return self.http_error_auth_reqed('proxy-authenticate',
                                           host, req, headers)
 
 
diff --git a/Lib/whichdb.py b/Lib/whichdb.py
index fe54cc5ae39..8687b719b21 100644
--- a/Lib/whichdb.py
+++ b/Lib/whichdb.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ if os.sep==".":
     endsep = "/"
 else:
     endsep = "."
- 
+
 def whichdb(filename):
     """Guess which db package to use to open a db file.