diff --git a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/howto.adoc b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/howto.adoc
index 954a900210..e0b98a0fe6 100644
--- a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/howto.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/howto.adoc
@@ -1065,7 +1065,7 @@ JDBC or JPA (then that one will be picked up by any `@Autowired` injections).
 [[howto-use-spring-data-repositories]]
 === Use Spring Data repositories
 Spring Data can create implementations for you of `@Repository` interfaces of various
-flavours. Spring Boot will handle all of that for you as long as those `@Repositories`
+flavors. Spring Boot will handle all of that for you as long as those `@Repositories`
 are included in the same package (or a sub-package) of your `@EnableAutoConfiguration`
 class.
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/using-spring-boot.adoc b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/using-spring-boot.adoc
index 8c700c8eb6..afbb23b63d 100644
--- a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/using-spring-boot.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/using-spring-boot.adoc
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ use `@..@` placeholders (you can override that with a Maven property
 `resource.delimiter`).
 
 
+
 [[using-boot-maven-parent-pom]]
 ==== Inheriting the starter parent
 To configure your project to inherit from the `spring-boot-starter-parent` simply set
@@ -547,6 +548,8 @@ required `RiskAssessor` bean.
 TIP: Notice how using constructor injection allows the `riskAssessor` field to be marked
 as `final`, indicating that it cannot be subsequently changed.
 
+
+
 [[using-boot-running-your-application]]
 == Running your application
 One of the biggest advantages of packaging your application as jar and using an embedded