diff --git a/arangod/GeneralServer/VppCommTask.cpp b/arangod/GeneralServer/VppCommTask.cpp
index 2961123ef7..eb40ba6e93 100644
--- a/arangod/GeneralServer/VppCommTask.cpp
+++ b/arangod/GeneralServer/VppCommTask.cpp
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ bool VppCommTask::processRead() {
     _request = new VppRequest(_connectionInfo, std::move(message));
     GeneralServerFeature::HANDLER_FACTORY->setRequestContext(_request);
 
-    //make sure we have a dabase
+    // make sure we have a dabase
     if (_request->requestContext() == nullptr) {
       handleSimpleError(GeneralResponse::ResponseCode::NOT_FOUND,
                         TRI_ERROR_ARANGO_DATABASE_NOT_FOUND,
diff --git a/arangod/GeneralServer/VppCommTask.h b/arangod/GeneralServer/VppCommTask.h
index 49362fd596..014573652d 100644
--- a/arangod/GeneralServer/VppCommTask.h
+++ b/arangod/GeneralServer/VppCommTask.h
@@ -83,13 +83,13 @@ class VppCommTask : public GeneralCommTask {
   };
   std::unordered_map<MessageID, IncompleteVPackMessage> _incompleteMessages;
 
-  static size_t const _bufferLength  = 4096UL;
+  static size_t const _bufferLength = 4096UL;
   static size_t const _chunkMaxBytes = 1000;
   struct ProcessReadVariables {
     ProcessReadVariables()
         : _currentChunkLength(0),
           _readBufferCursor(nullptr),
-          _cleanupLength(_bufferLength - _chunkMaxBytes - 1 ) {}
+          _cleanupLength(_bufferLength - _chunkMaxBytes - 1) {}
     uint32_t
         _currentChunkLength;     // size of chunk processed or 0 when expecting
                                  // new chunk