diff --git a/src/ca/repeater.cpp b/src/ca/repeater.cpp
index cdac390e7..f5679a74a 100644
--- a/src/ca/repeater.cpp
+++ b/src/ca/repeater.cpp
@@ -536,13 +536,13 @@ void epicsShareAPI ca_repeater ()
                  * strip register client message
                  */
                 pMsg++;
-                size -= sizeof (*pMsg);
-                if (size==0) {
+                size -= sizeof ( *pMsg );
+                if ( size==0 ) {
                     continue;
                 }
             }
         }
-        else if (size == 0) {
+        else if ( size == 0 ) {
             register_new_client ( from );
             continue;
         }
diff --git a/src/ca/udpiiu.cpp b/src/ca/udpiiu.cpp
index a90a49368..cd341ef5f 100644
--- a/src/ca/udpiiu.cpp
+++ b/src/ca/udpiiu.cpp
@@ -192,8 +192,8 @@ void udpiiu::repeaterRegistrationMessage ( unsigned attemptNumber )
      * starting with EPICS 3.12)
      *
      * SOLARIS will not accept a zero length message
-     * and we are just porting there for 3.12 so
-     * we will use the new protocol for 3.12
+     * and we are just porting there for 3.12 so we will use the 
+     * new protocol for 3.12
      *
      * recent versions of UCX will not accept a zero 
      * length message and we will assume that folks