diff --git a/tools/msi2lmp/src/GetParameters.c b/tools/msi2lmp/src/GetParameters.c
index e183c529e0..192b4d296c 100644
--- a/tools/msi2lmp/src/GetParameters.c
+++ b/tools/msi2lmp/src/GetParameters.c
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ void GetParameters()
       if (forcefield & (FF_TYPE_CLASS1|FF_TYPE_OPLSAA)) {
         bondtypes[i].params[0] = ff_bond.data[k].ff_param[1];
         bondtypes[i].params[1] = ff_bond.data[k].ff_param[0];
-      } 
+      }
 
       if (forcefield & FF_TYPE_CLASS2) {
         for (j=0; j < 4; j++)
diff --git a/tools/msi2lmp/src/InitializeItems.c b/tools/msi2lmp/src/InitializeItems.c
index 4df9fd0f10..1e33636913 100644
--- a/tools/msi2lmp/src/InitializeItems.c
+++ b/tools/msi2lmp/src/InitializeItems.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ void InitializeItems(void)
   if (forcefield & (FF_TYPE_CLASS1|FF_TYPE_OPLSAA)) {
     strcpy(ff_tor.keyword,"#torsion_1");
     ff_tor.number_of_parameters = 3;
-  } 
+  }
 
   if (forcefield & FF_TYPE_CLASS2) {
     strcpy(ff_tor.keyword,"#torsion_3");
diff --git a/tools/msi2lmp/src/WriteDataFile.c b/tools/msi2lmp/src/WriteDataFile.c
index 498978406f..c03eba71c5 100644
--- a/tools/msi2lmp/src/WriteDataFile.c
+++ b/tools/msi2lmp/src/WriteDataFile.c
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ void WriteDataFile(char *nameroot)
       else if (forcefield & FF_TYPE_CLASS2)
         fputs(" # class2\n\n",DatF);
     } else fputs("\n\n",DatF);
-    
+
     for (i=0; i < no_angle_types; i++) {
       fprintf(DatF, " %3i", i+1);
       for ( j = 0; j < m; j++)
diff --git a/tools/msi2lmp/src/msi2lmp.c b/tools/msi2lmp/src/msi2lmp.c
index c94d4b4d73..15cfddd258 100644
--- a/tools/msi2lmp/src/msi2lmp.c
+++ b/tools/msi2lmp/src/msi2lmp.c
@@ -142,9 +142,6 @@
 * and to make the program fully dynamic. The second version used
 * fixed dimension arrays for the internal coordinates.
 *
-* John Carpenter can be contacted by sending email to
-* jec374@earthlink.net
-*
 * November 2000
 */
 
@@ -356,7 +353,7 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
     if (centerflag) puts(" Output is recentered around geometrical center");
     if (hintflag) puts(" Output contains style flag hints");
     else puts(" Style flag hints disabled");
-    printf(" System translated by: %g %g %g\n",shift[0],shift[1],shift[2]); 
+    printf(" System translated by: %g %g %g\n",shift[0],shift[1],shift[2]);
   }
 
   n = 0;
@@ -374,7 +371,7 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
   if (n == 0) {
     if (iflag > 0) fputs(" WARNING",stderr);
     else           fputs(" Error  ",stderr);
-    
+
     fputs("- forcefield name and class appear to be inconsistent\n\n",stderr);
     if (iflag == 0) return 7;
   }
diff --git a/tools/msi2lmp/src/msi2lmp.h b/tools/msi2lmp/src/msi2lmp.h
index 377ab1a6c3..4716f719d6 100644
--- a/tools/msi2lmp/src/msi2lmp.h
+++ b/tools/msi2lmp/src/msi2lmp.h
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@
 * and to make the program fully dynamic. The second version used
 * fixed dimension arrays for the internal coordinates.
 *
-* The thrid version was revised in Fall 2011 by 
+* The third version was revised in Fall 2011 by
 * Stephanie Teich-McGoldrick to add support non-orthogonal cells.
 *
 * The next revision was started in Summer/Fall 2013 by
 * Axel Kohlmeyer to improve portability to Windows compilers,
 * clean up command line parsing and improve compatibility with
-* the then current LAMMPS versions. This revision removes 
+* the then current LAMMPS versions. This revision removes
 * compatibility with the obsolete LAMMPS version written in Fortran 90.
 */