diff --git a/docs/blacklisting_support_ru.xml b/docs/blacklisting_support_ru.xml
index e8c88e85a..829e95dc7 100644
--- a/docs/blacklisting_support_ru.xml
+++ b/docs/blacklisting_support_ru.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 
     <orderedlist>
       <listitem>
-        <para>BLACKLISTNEWONLY=No --&nbsp; проверка осуществляется для всех входящих пакетов. Новые записи в чёрном списке позволяют прервать уже существующие соединения.</para>
+        <para>BLACKLISTNEWONLY=No -- проверка осуществляется для всех входящих пакетов. Новые записи в чёрном списке позволяют прервать уже существующие соединения.</para>
       </listitem>
 
       <listitem>
diff --git a/docs/dhcp.xml b/docs/dhcp.xml
index f5be6875c..f2e6b71b0 100644
--- a/docs/dhcp.xml
+++ b/docs/dhcp.xml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
         <para>Specify the <quote>dhcp</quote> option for this interface in the
         <ulink
         url="manpages/shorewall-interfaces.html"><filename>/etc/shorewall/interfaces</filename></ulink>
-        file.&nbsp;This will generate rules that will allow DHCP to and from
+        file. This will generate rules that will allow DHCP to and from
         your firewall system.</para>
       </listitem>
 
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
         <para>Specify the <quote>dhcp</quote> option for the bridge interface
         in the <ulink
         url="manpages/shorewall-interfaces.html"><filename>/etc/shorewall/interfaces</filename></ulink>
-        file.&nbsp;This will generate rules that will allow DHCP to and from
+        file. This will generate rules that will allow DHCP to and from
         your firewall system as well as through the bridge.</para>
       </listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
diff --git a/docs/kernel.xml b/docs/kernel.xml
index a29f2bd3b..c7e7f32e1 100644
--- a/docs/kernel.xml
+++ b/docs/kernel.xml
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
 
     <blockquote>
       <programlisting>#
-#&nbsp;&nbsp; IP: Netfilter Configuration
+# IP: Netfilter Configuration
 #
 CONFIG_IP_NF_CONNTRACK=m
 CONFIG_IP_NF_FTP=m
@@ -527,4 +527,4 @@ CONFIG_IP_NF_MANGLE=m
 CONFIG_IP_NF_ARPTABLES=m
 CONFIG_IP_NF_ARPFILTER=m</programlisting>
   </section>
-</article>
\ No newline at end of file
+</article>
diff --git a/docs/shorewall_setup_guide.xml b/docs/shorewall_setup_guide.xml
index a89322204..6fd2231a8 100644
--- a/docs/shorewall_setup_guide.xml
+++ b/docs/shorewall_setup_guide.xml
@@ -2423,10 +2423,10 @@ foobar.net.      86400   IN A    192.0.2.177
       Also, I don't recommend using <quote>shorewall restart</quote>; it is
       better to create an <ulink
       url="starting_and_stopping_shorewall.htm"><emphasis>an alternate
-      configuration</emphasis></ulink>&nbsp; and test it using the
+      configuration</emphasis></ulink> and test it using the
       <quote><ulink
       url="starting_and_stopping_shorewall.htm"><command>shorewall
       try</command></ulink></quote> command.</para>
     </caution>
   </section>
-</article>
\ No newline at end of file
+</article>
diff --git a/docs/troubleshoot.xml b/docs/troubleshoot.xml
index 3f50d030e..7af391d3e 100644
--- a/docs/troubleshoot.xml
+++ b/docs/troubleshoot.xml
@@ -414,14 +414,14 @@ ACCEPT    dmz              loc                   udp     53</programlisting>
 
         <programlisting>#ACTION  SOURCE          DEST                  PROTO   DEST
 #                                                      PORT(S)
-Ping/ACCEPT <emphasis>&lt;source zone&gt;</emphasis>&nbsp;&nbsp; <emphasis>&lt;destination zone&gt;</emphasis></programlisting>
+Ping/ACCEPT <emphasis>&lt;source zone&gt;</emphasis> <emphasis>&lt;destination zone&gt;</emphasis></programlisting>
 
         <para>The ramifications of this can be subtle. For example, if you
         have the following in <filename><ulink
         url="NAT.htm">/etc/shorewall/nat</ulink></filename>:</para>
 
         <programlisting>#EXTERNAL   INTERFACE  INTERNAL
-10.1.1.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; eth0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;    130.252.100.18</programlisting>
+10.1.1.2 eth0       130.252.100.18</programlisting>
 
         <para>and you ping 130.252.100.18, unless you have allowed icmp type 8
         between the zone containing the system you are pinging from and the
@@ -562,4 +562,4 @@ Ping/DROP net             all</programlisting>
     <para>See the <ulink url="support.htm">Shorewall Support
     Page</ulink>.</para>
   </section>
-</article>
\ No newline at end of file
+</article>