diff --git a/Lib/socket.py b/Lib/socket.py
index c03e884..4490fc4 100644
--- a/Lib/socket.py
+++ b/Lib/socket.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 ssl() -- secure socket layer support (only available if configured)
 socket.getdefaulttimeout() -- get the default timeout value
 socket.setdefaulttimeout() -- set the default timeout value
-create_connection() -- connects to an address, with an optional timeout 
+create_connection() -- connects to an address, with an optional timeout
 
  [*] not available on all platforms!
 
@@ -418,12 +418,12 @@
 def create_connection(address, timeout=None):
     """Connect to address (host, port) with an optional timeout.
 
-    Provides access to socketobject timeout for higher-level 
-    protocols.  Passing a timeout will set the timeout on the 
+    Provides access to socketobject timeout for higher-level
+    protocols.  Passing a timeout will set the timeout on the
     socket instance (if not present, or passed as None, the
     default global timeout setting will be used).
     """
-    
+
     msg = "getaddrinfo returns an empty list"
     host, port = address
     for res in getaddrinfo(host, port, 0, SOCK_STREAM):
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@
                 sock.settimeout(timeout)
             sock.connect(sa)
             return sock
-        
+
         except error, msg:
             if sock is not None:
                 sock.close()