Removed spaces before colons and semicolons.
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.4.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.4.rst
index 5a28f89..5973f3b 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.4.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.4.rst
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@
      ['A', 'b', 'c', 'D']
 
   Finally, the *reverse* parameter takes a Boolean value.  If the value is true,
-  the list will be sorted into reverse order. Instead of ``L.sort() ;
+  the list will be sorted into reverse order. Instead of ``L.sort();
   L.reverse()``, you can now write ``L.sort(reverse=True)``.
 
   The results of sorting are now guaranteed to be stable.  This means that two