diff --git a/doc/Guidebook.mn b/doc/Guidebook.mn
index ec60a55ce..0d9075e80 100644
--- a/doc/Guidebook.mn
+++ b/doc/Guidebook.mn
@@ -4616,8 +4616,8 @@ After you have gained some experience with the game
 and with editing files, you may want to alter settings via \fBSYMBOLS=\fP
 and \fBROGUESYMBOLS=\fP
 in your configuration file to better suit your preferences.
-See the previous section for the special symbols S_pet_override 
-to force a consistent symbol for all pets and and 
+See the previous section for the special symbols S_pet_override
+to force a consistent symbol for all pets and and
 S_player_override to force a unique symbol for the player character
 if \fBaccessibility\fP is enabled in the sysconf file.
 The most crucial settings to make the game accessible are:
diff --git a/doc/Guidebook.tex b/doc/Guidebook.tex
index b049a9cfa..75a67551d 100644
--- a/doc/Guidebook.tex
+++ b/doc/Guidebook.tex
@@ -4871,10 +4871,10 @@ on the rogue level.
 \elist
 
 You can also override one or more symbols using the {\it SYMBOLS\/} and
-{\it ROGUESYMBOLS\/} config file options. Symbols are specified as 
-{\it name:value\/} pairs. Note that {\it NetHack\/} escape-processes 
-the {\it value\/} string in conventional C fashion.  This means that `\verb+\+' 
-is a prefix to take the following character literally.  Thus `\verb+\+' needs 
+{\it ROGUESYMBOLS\/} config file options. Symbols are specified as
+{\it name:value\/} pairs. Note that {\it NetHack\/} escape-processes
+the {\it value\/} string in conventional C fashion.  This means that `\verb+\+'
+is a prefix to take the following character literally.  Thus `\verb+\+' needs
 to be represented as `\verb+\\+'.
 The special prefix
 `\verb+\m+' switches on the meta bit in the symbol value, and the