diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
index 34edacfa967..addf36f4339 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: Bug report
 about: Create a report to help us improve
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-<!-- Please search existing issues to avoid creating duplicates. --> 
+<!-- Please search existing issues to avoid creating duplicates. -->
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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index b1650a08e2e..7775753e8bc 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -101,4 +101,3 @@ please see [How to Contribute](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/wiki/How-to-C
 # Thank You!
 
 Your contributions to open source, large or small, make great projects like this possible. Thank you for taking the time to contribute.
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4953d06a080..a7294e71b9b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -43,14 +43,14 @@ Please also see our [Code of Conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).
 
 ## Related Projects
 
-Many of the core components and extensions to Code live in their own repositories on GitHub. For example, the [node debug adapter](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-node-debug) and the [mono debug adapter](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-mono-debug) have their own repositories. 
+Many of the core components and extensions to Code live in their own repositories on GitHub. For example, the [node debug adapter](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-node-debug) and the [mono debug adapter](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-mono-debug) have their own repositories.
 
 For a complete list, please visit the [Related Projects](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/wiki/Related-Projects) page on our [wiki](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/wiki).
 
 ## Bundled Extensions
 
-Code ships with a set of extensions. These extensions are located in the [extensions](extensions) folder. 
-These extensions include grammars and snippets for several languages. Extensions that provide rich language support (code completion, go to definition) for a language have the suffix 'language-features'. For example, the 'json' extension provides coloring for JSON and the 'json-language-features' provides rich language support for JSON. 
+Code ships with a set of extensions. These extensions are located in the [extensions](extensions) folder.
+These extensions include grammars and snippets for several languages. Extensions that provide rich language support (code completion, go to definition) for a language have the suffix 'language-features'. For example, the 'json' extension provides coloring for JSON and the 'json-language-features' provides rich language support for JSON.
 
 ## License