diff --git a/cfg/rippled-example.cfg b/cfg/rippled-example.cfg
index 9c571083a9..167d6f9200 100644
--- a/cfg/rippled-example.cfg
+++ b/cfg/rippled-example.cfg
@@ -1012,7 +1012,7 @@
 #                           and that the validated ledger is less than
 #                           'age_threshold_seconds' old, and that all
 #                           recent ledgers are available. If not, then continue
-#                           sleeping for this number of seconds and 
+#                           sleeping for this number of seconds and
 #                           checking until healthy.
 #                           Default is 1.
 #