diff --git a/django/views/static.py b/django/views/static.py
index facc19fbb7..f74570c307 100644
--- a/django/views/static.py
+++ b/django/views/static.py
@@ -10,25 +10,25 @@ from django.core.template import Template, Context, TemplateDoesNotExist
 def serve(request, path, document_root=None, show_indexes=False):
     """
     Serve static files below a given point in the directory structure.
-    
-    To use, put a URL pattern like::
-        
+
+    To use, put a URL pattern such as::
+
         (r'^(?P<path>.*)$', 'django.views.static.serve', {'document_root' : '/path/to/my/files/'})
-     
-    in your URL conf; you must provide the ``document_root`` param.  You may
+
+    in your URLconf. You must provide the ``document_root`` param. You may
     also set ``show_indexes`` to ``True`` if you'd like to serve a basic index
     of the directory.  This index view will use the template hardcoded below,
     but if you'd like to override it, you can create a template called
     ``static/directory_index``.
     """
-    
+
     # Clean up given path to only allow serving files below document_root.
     path = posixpath.normpath(urllib.unquote(path))
     newpath = ''
     for part in path.split('/'):
         if not part:
             # strip empty path components
-            continue    
+            continue
         drive, part = os.path.splitdrive(part)
         head, part = os.path.split(part)
         if part in (os.curdir, os.pardir):
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ DEFAULT_DIRECTORY_INDEX_TEMPLATE = """
   </body>
 </html>
 """
-        
+
 def directory_index(path, fullpath):
     try:
         t = template_loader.get_template('static/directory_index')