diff --git a/README.asciidoc b/README.asciidoc
index 09317c0cd..e2b75747d 100644
--- a/README.asciidoc
+++ b/README.asciidoc
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ message to the
 https://lists.schokokeks.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/qutebrowser[mailinglist] at
 mailto:qutebrowser@lists.qutebrowser.org[].
 
-There's also a https://lists.schokokeks.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/qutebrowser-announce[announce-only mailinglist]
+There's also an https://lists.schokokeks.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/qutebrowser-announce[announce-only mailinglist]
 at mailto:qutebrowser-announce@lists.qutebrowser.org[] (the announcements also
 get sent to the general qutebrowser@ list).
 
diff --git a/doc/contributing.asciidoc b/doc/contributing.asciidoc
index 1b2f4be4e..9c1b87269 100644
--- a/doc/contributing.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/contributing.asciidoc
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ pointers:
 
 * https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/labels/easy[Issues which should
 be easy to solve]
-* https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/labels/component%3A%20docs[Documentation
-* issues which require little/no coding]
+* https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/labels/component%3A%20docs[Documentation issues which require little/no coding]
 
 If you prefer C++ or Javascript to Python, see the relevant issues which involve
 work in those languages:
@@ -132,7 +131,7 @@ techniques are useful to handle these:
 
 * Use `_foo` for unused parameters, with `foo` being a descriptive name. Using
 `_` is discouraged.
-* If you think you have a good reason to suppress a message, then add the 
+* If you think you have a good reason to suppress a message, then add the
 following comment:
 +
 ----
@@ -312,7 +311,7 @@ carefully be checked.
 * Methods of Qt objects have certain maximum values based on their
 underlying C++ types.
 +
-To avoid passing too large of a numeric parameter to a Qt function, all 
+To avoid passing too large of a numeric parameter to a Qt function, all
 numbers should be range-checked using `qutebrowser.qtutils.check_overflow`,
 or by other means (e.g. by setting a maximum value for a config object).
 
@@ -442,7 +441,7 @@ Possible values:
       values, e.g., `typing.Union[str, int]`
 
 You can customize how an argument is handled using the `@cmdutils.argument`
-decorator *after* `@cmdutils.register`. This can, for example, be used to 
+decorator *after* `@cmdutils.register`. This can, for example, be used to
 customize the flag an argument should get:
 
 [source,python]