diff --git a/beast/asio/README.md b/beast/asio/README.md
index 5344652e2..e503d62f5 100644
--- a/beast/asio/README.md
+++ b/beast/asio/README.md
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ Wrappers and utilities to make working with boost::asio easier.
 
 If an object calls asynchronous initiating functions it must either:
 
-	1. Manage its lifetime by being reference counted
+    1. Manage its lifetime by being reference counted
 
-	or
+    or
 
-	2. Wait for all pending completion handlers to be called before
-	   allowing itself to be destroyed.
+    2. Wait for all pending completion handlers to be called before
+       allowing itself to be destroyed.
diff --git a/beast/hash/hash_append.h b/beast/hash/hash_append.h
index 9a8615696..6a5365ac9 100644
--- a/beast/hash/hash_append.h
+++ b/beast/hash/hash_append.h
@@ -90,9 +90,9 @@ maybe_reverse_bytes(T& t, Hasher&)
 // is_uniquely_represented<T>
 
 // A type T is contiguously hashable if for all combinations of two values of
-// 	a type, say x and y, if x == y, then it must also be true that
-// 	memcmp(addressof(x), addressof(y), sizeof(T)) == 0. I.e. if x == y,
-// 	then x and y have the same bit pattern representation.
+// a type, say x and y, if x == y, then it must also be true that
+// memcmp(addressof(x), addressof(y), sizeof(T)) == 0. I.e. if x == y,
+// then x and y have the same bit pattern representation.
 
 template <class T>
 struct is_uniquely_represented