diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c7c98b7cf6..37c5d02cbb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ indent-width = 4
 target-version = "py39"
 
 [lint]
-# Enable Pyflakes (`F`) and a subset of the pycodestyle (`E`)  codes by default.
+# Enable Pyflakes (`F`) and a subset of the pycodestyle (`E`) codes by default.
 select = ["E4", "E7", "E9", "F"]
 ignore = []
 
diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index ade0b0ced3..533c04c71d 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ If left unspecified, Ruff's default configuration is equivalent to:
     target-version = "py39"
 
     [tool.ruff.lint]
-    # Enable Pyflakes (`F`) and a subset of the pycodestyle (`E`)  codes by default.
+    # Enable Pyflakes (`F`) and a subset of the pycodestyle (`E`) codes by default.
     # Unlike Flake8, Ruff doesn't enable pycodestyle warnings (`W`) or
     # McCabe complexity (`C901`) by default.
     select = ["E4", "E7", "E9", "F"]
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ If left unspecified, Ruff's default configuration is equivalent to:
     target-version = "py39"
 
     [lint]
-    # Enable Pyflakes (`F`) and a subset of the pycodestyle (`E`)  codes by default.
+    # Enable Pyflakes (`F`) and a subset of the pycodestyle (`E`) codes by default.
     # Unlike Flake8, Ruff doesn't enable pycodestyle warnings (`W`) or
     # McCabe complexity (`C901`) by default.
     select = ["E4", "E7", "E9", "F"]