diff --git a/src/common/proc_args.c b/src/common/proc_args.c
index 1bf6179bae7c1a894650a09dd2a26490ab89fad5..2cfc74320166fe01198ca892a0639b2e2275383a 100644
--- a/src/common/proc_args.c
+++ b/src/common/proc_args.c
@@ -889,7 +889,7 @@ int sig_name2num(char *signal_name)
 /*
  * parse_uint32 - Convert anscii string to a 32 bit unsigned int.
  * IN      aval - ascii string.
- * IN/OUT  ival - 32 bit pointer. 
+ * IN/OUT  ival - 32 bit pointer.
  * RET     0 if no error, 1 otherwise.
  */
 extern int parse_uint32(char *aval, uint32_t *ival)
@@ -921,7 +921,7 @@ extern int parse_uint32(char *aval, uint32_t *ival)
 /*
  * parse_uint16 - Convert anscii string to a 16 bit unsigned int.
  * IN      aval - ascii string.
- * IN/OUT  ival - 16 bit pointer. 
+ * IN/OUT  ival - 16 bit pointer.
  * RET     0 if no error, 1 otherwise.
  */
 extern int parse_uint16(char *aval, uint16_t *ival)
diff --git a/src/common/proc_args.h b/src/common/proc_args.h
index c2fa76ead75551946a495545f6b940e595bfb643..ece822268ada7361534b8bb61a364fb239f04dc8 100644
--- a/src/common/proc_args.h
+++ b/src/common/proc_args.h
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ void print_gres_help(void);
 task_dist_states_t verify_dist_type(const char *arg, uint32_t *plane_size);
 
 /*
- * verify comma separated list of connection types to array of uint16_t 
+ * verify comma separated list of connection types to array of uint16_t
  * connection_types or NO_VAL if not recognized
  */
 extern void verify_conn_type(const char *arg, uint16_t *conn_type);
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ int sig_name2num(char *signal_name);
 /*
  * parse_uint16 - Convert anscii string to a 16 bit unsigned int.
  * IN      aval - ascii string.
- * IN/OUT  ival - 16 bit pointer. 
+ * IN/OUT  ival - 16 bit pointer.
  * RET     0 if no error, 1 otherwise.
  */
 extern int	parse_uint16(char *aval, uint16_t *ival);
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ extern int	parse_uint16(char *aval, uint16_t *ival);
 /*
  * parse_uint32 - Convert anscii string to a 32 bit unsigned int.
  * IN      aval - ascii string.
- * IN/OUT  ival - 32 bit pointer. 
+ * IN/OUT  ival - 32 bit pointer.
  * RET     0 if no error, 1 otherwise.
  */
 extern int	parse_uint32(char *aval, uint32_t *ival);