diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryParser/QueryParser.java b/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryParser/QueryParser.java
index 010125963f2..9b452855ea3 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryParser/QueryParser.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryParser/QueryParser.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ import org.apache.lucene.util.Parameter;
  * href="http://lucene.apache.org/java/docs/queryparsersyntax.html">query syntax
  * documentation</a>.
  * </p>
- * 
+ *
  * <p>In {@link RangeQuery}s, QueryParser tries to detect date values, e.g. <tt>date:[6/1/2005 TO 6/4/2005]</tt>
  * produces a range query that searches for "date" fields between 2005-06-01 and 2005-06-04. Note
  * that the format of the accpeted input depends on {@link #setLocale(Locale) the locale}. This
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryParser/QueryParser.jj b/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryParser/QueryParser.jj
index 50a418cefb6..19c9c7f6a84 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryParser/QueryParser.jj
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryParser/QueryParser.jj
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ PARSER_END(QueryParser)
 }
 
 <DEFAULT, RangeIn, RangeEx> SKIP : {
-  <<_WHITESPACE>>
+  < <_WHITESPACE>>
 }
 
 // OG: to support prefix queries: