diff --git a/lib/rdoc/markdown.rb b/lib/rdoc/markdown.rb
index 9b433b3ee6..b10f5193da 100644
--- a/lib/rdoc/markdown.rb
+++ b/lib/rdoc/markdown.rb
@@ -15280,7 +15280,7 @@ class RDoc::Markdown
         self.pos = _save
         break
       end
-      @result = begin; 
+      @result = begin;
                ref = [:inline, @note_order.length]
                @footnotes[ref] = paragraph a