diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/qa-checks.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/qa-checks.rst
index 9654cf08e..09b0f628a 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/qa-checks.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/qa-checks.rst
@@ -889,7 +889,7 @@ or "-fpic" to the compiler command-line options. For example, given
 software that reads :term:`CFLAGS` when you build it,
 you could add the following to your recipe::
 
-   CFLAGS:append = " -fPIC "
+   CFLAGS:append = " -fPIC"
 
 For more information on text relocations at runtime, see
 https://www.akkadia.org/drepper/textrelocs.html.
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
index 0066ede0f..b124e9c30 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
@@ -5559,7 +5559,7 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
          KERNEL_EXTRA_FEATURES ?= "features/netfilter/netfilter.scc features/taskstats/taskstats.scc"
          KERNEL_FEATURES:append = " ${KERNEL_EXTRA_FEATURES}"
          KERNEL_FEATURES:append:qemuall = " cfg/virtio.scc"
-         KERNEL_FEATURES:append:qemux86 = "  cfg/sound.scc cfg/paravirt_kvm.scc"
+         KERNEL_FEATURES:append:qemux86 = " cfg/sound.scc cfg/paravirt_kvm.scc"
          KERNEL_FEATURES:append:qemux86-64 = " cfg/sound.scc"
 
    :term:`KERNEL_FIT_LINK_NAME`