diff --git a/create_man_pages.py b/create_man_pages.py
index 2a5ff368a..01f24b03e 100755
--- a/create_man_pages.py
+++ b/create_man_pages.py
@@ -20,15 +20,15 @@ parser.add_option("--prefix", dest="PREFIX", help="Specify the location of the P
 POD2RST="pod2rst"
 
 def cmd_exists(cmd):
-    return subprocess.call("type " + cmd, shell=True, 
+    return subprocess.call("type " + cmd, shell=True,
         stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE) == 0
 
 prefix_path = None
 prefix_lib_path = None
 
-if options.PREFIX: 
+if options.PREFIX:
     if '~' in options.PREFIX:
-        # else assume full path is provided 
+        # else assume full path is provided
         prefix_path = os.path.expanduser(options.PREFIX)
     else:
         prefix_path = options.PREFIX
@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@ if options.PREFIX:
         sys.exit(1)
 
     prefix_lib_path = "%s/lib" %(prefix_path)
-    if not os.path.isdir(prefix_lib_path): 
+    if not os.path.isdir(prefix_lib_path):
         prefix_lib_path = "%s/lib64" %(prefix_path)
         if not os.path.isdir(prefix_lib_path):
             print "ERROR, Cannot find the Perl lib directory in %s/lib or %s/lib64" %(prefix_path, prefix_path)
             sys.exit(1)
 
-else: 
+else:
     if not cmd_exists(POD2RST):
         print "ERROR, %s requires pod2rst to continue!" %(os.path.basename(__file__))
         parser.print_help()
@@ -57,13 +57,13 @@ MANPAGE_DEST="./docs/source/guides/admin-guides/references/man"
 
 #
 # add the following to delete the generate files before creating them
-# essentially this allows us to remove man pages and they will be 
+# essentially this allows us to remove man pages and they will be
 # removed in the generation
 print "Cleaning up the generated man pages in %s" %(MANPAGE_DEST)
 allfiles = glob("%s*/*.rst" %(MANPAGE_DEST))
-for d in allfiles: 
-    # Skip over the index.rst file 
-    if not "index.rst" in d: 
+for d in allfiles:
+    # Skip over the index.rst file
+    if not "index.rst" in d:
         print "Removing file %s" %(d)
         os.remove(d)
 
@@ -93,18 +93,18 @@ def fix_double_dash(rst_file):
     os.system(sed_cmd)
     #remove intermediate .sed1 file
     rm_sed1file_cmd = "rm %s.sed1" %(rst_file)
-    os.system(rm_sed1file_cmd)   
+    os.system(rm_sed1file_cmd)
 
 build_db_man_pages()
 
 # List the xCAT component directory which contain pod pages
 COMPONENTS = ['xCAT-SoftLayer', 'xCAT-test', 'xCAT-client', 'xCAT-vlan', 'perl-xCAT', 'xCAT-buildkit']
 
-for component in COMPONENTS: 
+for component in COMPONENTS:
     for root,dirs,files in os.walk("%s" %(component)):
 
         for file in files:
-            # only interested in .pod files 
+            # only interested in .pod files
             if file.endswith(".pod"):
                 pod_input = os.path.join(root,file)
 
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ for component in COMPONENTS:
                     cmd = "perl -I %s/share/perl5 %s/bin/%s " %(prefix_path, prefix_path, POD2RST)
 
                 cmd += " --infile=%s --outfile=%s --title=%s.%s" %(pod_input, rst_output, title, man_ver)
-                # print cmd 
+                # print cmd
                 os.system(cmd)
 		if man_ver == '1' or man_ver == '8':
                     fix_vertical_bar(rst_output)