diff --git a/board/freescale/p1010rdb/README b/board/freescale/p1010rdb/README
index fcd8541cadcc9bf546190380abcdb128ab1f6f63..022c023ae245ae13fbc52ae3f1b54f2bf1106c60 100644
--- a/board/freescale/p1010rdb/README
+++ b/board/freescale/p1010rdb/README
@@ -209,4 +209,3 @@ Place uImage, p1010rdb.dtb and rootfs files in the TFTP disk area.
 
 Please contact your local field applications engineer or sales representative
 to obtain related documents, such as P1010-RDB User Guide for details.
-
diff --git a/board/keymile/km_arm/fpga_config.c b/board/keymile/km_arm/fpga_config.c
index fcc5fe6c65ec37cdc794c794518933b02565edd0..66a3baf0f71a5b6d79b8f16232a23cee5944806f 100644
--- a/board/keymile/km_arm/fpga_config.c
+++ b/board/keymile/km_arm/fpga_config.c
@@ -253,4 +253,3 @@ int toggle_eeprom_spi_bus(void)
 
 	return 0;
 }
-
diff --git a/common/cmd_pxe.c b/common/cmd_pxe.c
index 2b1115d7276d801d1b49454a745488847be87c03..77a7dd17ac1d595b4baa77bec92d251050427654 100644
--- a/common/cmd_pxe.c
+++ b/common/cmd_pxe.c
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 
 #define MAX_TFTP_PATH_LEN 127
 
-
 /*
  * Like getenv, but prints an error if envvar isn't defined in the
  * environment.  It always returns what getenv does, so it can be used in
@@ -175,8 +174,6 @@ static int do_get_fat(char *file_path, char *file_addr)
 	return -ENOENT;
 }
 
-
-
 /*
  * As in pxelinux, paths to files referenced from files we retrieve are
  * relative to the location of bootfile. get_relfile takes such a path and
@@ -365,7 +362,6 @@ do_pxe_get(cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char * const argv[])
 	if (argc != 1)
 		return CMD_RET_USAGE;
 
-
 	pxefile_addr_str = from_env("pxefile_addr_r");
 
 	if (!pxefile_addr_str)
diff --git a/doc/README.link-local b/doc/README.link-local
index e623e5659f8a01db28b2b0eb524ce496084dff18..9586eca269d8d05bfa79d74b9c2e74e678daf224 100644
--- a/doc/README.link-local
+++ b/doc/README.link-local
@@ -73,4 +73,3 @@ If both fail or are disabled, static settings are used.
 			"setenv netmask $snetmask; "			\
 			"setenv gatewayip $sgatewayip; "		\
 		"fi;\0"							\
-
diff --git a/net/link_local.c b/net/link_local.c
index 582d0115b7673d7c9fabc11dfdafa20300d80815..8e7665f09073588dfde0e136bf38d4c71227c87c 100644
--- a/net/link_local.c
+++ b/net/link_local.c
@@ -229,8 +229,9 @@ void link_local_receive_arp(struct arp_hdr *arp, int len)
  * XXX Don't bother with ethernet link just yet
 	if ((fds[0].revents & POLLIN) == 0) {
 		if (fds[0].revents & POLLERR) {
-			// FIXME: links routinely go down;
-			// this shouldn't necessarily exit.
+			/*
+			 * FIXME: links routinely go down;
+			 */
 			bb_error_msg("iface %s is down", eth_get_name());
 			if (ready) {
 				run(argv, "deconfig", &ip);