diff --git a/docs/source/developers/java/building.rst b/docs/source/developers/java/building.rst
index c059ff676efb2..82053e901186c 100644
--- a/docs/source/developers/java/building.rst
+++ b/docs/source/developers/java/building.rst
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ Arrow repository, and update the following settings:
 * To enable debugging JNI-based modules like ``dataset``,
   activate specific profiles in the Maven tab under "Profiles".
   Ensure the profiles ``arrow-c-data``, ``arrow-jni``, ``generate-libs-cdata-all-os``,
-  ``generate-libs-jni-macos-linux``, and ``jdk11+`` are enabled, so that the 
+  ``generate-libs-jni-macos-linux``, and ``jdk11+`` are enabled, so that the
   IDE can build them and enable debugging.
 
 You may not need to update all of these settings if you build/test with the
diff --git a/docs/source/developers/release_verification.rst b/docs/source/developers/release_verification.rst
index 8c301b44a3c42..afd220db6010d 100644
--- a/docs/source/developers/release_verification.rst
+++ b/docs/source/developers/release_verification.rst
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ and test the result on their own platform in order to cast a +1 vote.
 
    # this will create and automatically clean up a temporary directory for the verification environment and will run the source verification
    TEST_DEFAULT=0 TEST_SOURCE=1 verify-release-candidate.sh $VERSION $RC_NUM
-   
+
    # to verify only certain implementations use the TEST_DEFAULT=0 and TEST_* variables
    # here are a couple of examples, but see the source code for the available options
    TEST_DEFAULT=0 TEST_CPP=1 verify-release-candidate.sh $VERSION $RC_NUM  # only C++ tests