diff --git a/etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist b/etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist
index 8daf0a9224d6..8fefae055046 100644
--- a/etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist
+++ b/etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
     rwho            gname=daemon mode=0775
     ..
     spool
-        clientmqueue	uname=smmsp gname=smmsp mode=0770 tags=package=sendmail
+        clientmqueue    uname=smmsp gname=smmsp mode=0770 tags=package=sendmail
         ..
         dma             uname=root gname=mail mode=0770 tags=package=dma
         ..
@@ -93,9 +93,9 @@
 /set gname=daemon
         lpd
         ..
-        mqueue		tags=package=sendmail
+        mqueue          tags=package=sendmail
         ..
-        opielocks	mode=0700
+        opielocks       mode=0700
         ..
         output
             lpd