diff --git a/Lib/urllib/parse.py b/Lib/urllib/parse.py
index e917f8b61bbd9e..8019f9fa534858 100644
--- a/Lib/urllib/parse.py
+++ b/Lib/urllib/parse.py
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
 RFC 2732 : "Format for Literal IPv6 Addresses in URL's by R.Hinden, B.Carpenter
 and L.Masinter, December 1999.
 
-RFC 2396:  "Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI)": Generic Syntax by T.
+RFC 2396: "Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI)": Generic Syntax by T.
 Berners-Lee, R. Fielding, and L. Masinter, August 1998.
 
-RFC 2368: "The mailto URL scheme", by P.Hoffman , L Masinter, J. Zawinski, July 1998.
+RFC 2368: "The mailto URL scheme", by P.Hoffman, L Masinter, J. Zawinski, July 1998.
 
 RFC 1808: "Relative Uniform Resource Locators", by R. Fielding, UC Irvine, June
 1995.