diff --git a/geomagio/algorithm/AverageAlgorithm.py b/geomagio/algorithm/AverageAlgorithm.py
index 9dbf6f7bfc3c4cae188c06638c89be14ce189059..16eafdf98bedee469bb0858b01d4ed945613ded6 100644
--- a/geomagio/algorithm/AverageAlgorithm.py
+++ b/geomagio/algorithm/AverageAlgorithm.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class AverageAlgorithm(Algorithm):
                 )
 
     def process(self, timeseries):
-        """averages a channel across multiple stations and counts available 
+        """averages a channel across multiple stations and counts available
         observatories per timestep
 
         Parameters
diff --git a/test/algorithm_test/AverageAlgorithm_test.py b/test/algorithm_test/AverageAlgorithm_test.py
index 1a003812629a15b0a4745cde7c4a8273a4c97ada..43cd48d00f78168bf9848f25a31efcf485d64605 100644
--- a/test/algorithm_test/AverageAlgorithm_test.py
+++ b/test/algorithm_test/AverageAlgorithm_test.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from numpy.testing import assert_array_equal, assert_equal
 
 def test_process():
     """AverageAlgorithm_test.test_process()
-    confirms that the output of the algorithm is the average of two 
+    confirms that the output of the algorithm is the average of two
     stations and ignores the third.
 
     """