diff --git a/bin/ls/ls.c b/bin/ls/ls.c
index 8d0455e47f90..be0903561f0c 100644
--- a/bin/ls/ls.c
+++ b/bin/ls/ls.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
 #define	STRBUF_SIZEOF(t)	(1 + CHAR_BIT * sizeof(t) / 3 + 1)
 
 /*
- * MAKENINES(n) turns n into (10**n)-1.	 This is useful for converting a width
+ * MAKENINES(n) turns n into (10**n)-1.  This is useful for converting a width
  * into a number that wide in decimal.
  * XXX: Overflows are not considered.
  */
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			f_timesort = 1;
 			f_sizesort = 0;
 			break;
-		/* Other flags.	 Please keep alphabetic. */
+		/* Other flags.  Please keep alphabetic. */
 		case ',':
 			f_thousands = 1;
 			break;
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ traverse(int argc, char *argv[], int options)
 
 			/*
 			 * If already output something, put out a newline as
-			 * a separator.	 If multiple arguments, precede each
+			 * a separator.  If multiple arguments, precede each
 			 * directory with its name.
 			 */
 			if (output) {
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ label_out:
 /*
  * Ordering for mastercmp:
  * If ordering the argv (fts_level = FTS_ROOTLEVEL) return non-directories
- * as larger than directories.	Within either group, use the sort function.
+ * as larger than directories.  Within either group, use the sort function.
  * All other levels use the sort function.  Error entries remain unsorted.
  */
 static int
diff --git a/bin/ls/print.c b/bin/ls/print.c
index 89faf6c64917..930d6eaeeb70 100644
--- a/bin/ls/print.c
+++ b/bin/ls/print.c
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ printlong(const DISPLAY *dp)
 		strmode(sp->st_mode, buf);
 		aclmode(buf, p);
 		np = p->fts_pointer;
-		(void)printf("%s %*u %-*s  %-*s	 ", buf, dp->s_nlink,
+		(void)printf("%s %*u %-*s  %-*s  ", buf, dp->s_nlink,
 		    sp->st_nlink, dp->s_user, np->user, dp->s_group,
 		    np->group);
 		if (f_flags)
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ printtime(time_t ftime)
 		format = d_first ? "%e %b %R" : "%b %e %R";
 	else
 		/* mmm dd  yyyy || dd mmm  yyyy */
-		format = d_first ? "%e %b  %Y" : "%b %e	 %Y";
+		format = d_first ? "%e %b  %Y" : "%b %e  %Y";
 	strftime(longstring, sizeof(longstring), format, localtime(&ftime));
 	fputs(longstring, stdout);
 	fputc(' ', stdout);