diff --git a/base/hypergeometric/lib/hin.js b/base/hypergeometric/lib/hin.js
index e922e818..b18d5b37 100644
--- a/base/hypergeometric/lib/hin.js
+++ b/base/hypergeometric/lib/hin.js
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ var factorial = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/factorial' );
 *
 * [@kachitvichyanukul:1985]: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00949658508810839
 *
-*
 * @private
 * @param {PRNG} rand - PRNG for uniformly distributed numbers
 * @param {NonNegativeInteger} n1 - number of successes in population
diff --git a/base/hypergeometric/lib/hypergeometric.js b/base/hypergeometric/lib/hypergeometric.js
index 27c4f7b3..c5d0c7de 100644
--- a/base/hypergeometric/lib/hypergeometric.js
+++ b/base/hypergeometric/lib/hypergeometric.js
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ var hin = require( './hin.js' );
 *
 * [@kachitvichyanukul:1985]: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00949658508810839
 *
-*
 * @private
 * @param {PRNG} rand - PRNG for uniformly distributed numbers
 * @param {NonNegativeInteger} N - population size