diff --git a/Doc/texinputs/boilerplate.tex b/Doc/texinputs/boilerplate.tex
index e0bf65ae625..bd1792735cd 100644
--- a/Doc/texinputs/boilerplate.tex
+++ b/Doc/texinputs/boilerplate.tex
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-\author{Guido van Rossum \\
+\author{Guido van Rossum\\
 	Fred L. Drake, Jr., editor}
 \authoraddress{
-	BeOpen PythonLabs \\
+	BeOpen PythonLabs\\
 	E-mail: \email{python-docs@python.org}
 }