diff --git a/README b/README
index a6d8dc208..ffe301ec4 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ http://www.opensource.org/licenses/eclipse-1.0.php
 (This file is not packaged with the xCAT RPMs.  It is only here for those that look
 at the source in SVN and want to know how to get started.  The README that is packaged
 with xCAT is in perl-xCAT-2.0/README.)
+
diff --git a/perl-xCAT/README b/perl-xCAT/README
index cc94206ab..410240995 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/README
+++ b/perl-xCAT/README
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ The Cookbooks are also available on an installed system in the
 
 xCAT is made available as OSS under the EPL license:
 http://www.opensource.org/licenses/eclipse-1.0.php
+