diff --git a/Distribution/Compat/ReadP.hs b/Distribution/Compat/ReadP.hs
index b05eadedc7e..0c3d989afa3 100644
--- a/Distribution/Compat/ReadP.hs
+++ b/Distribution/Compat/ReadP.hs
@@ -248,7 +248,8 @@ munch1 :: (Char -> Bool) -> ReadP r String
 -- ^ Parses the first one or more characters satisfying the predicate.
 munch1 p =
   do c <- get
-     if p c then do s <- munch p; return (c:s) else pfail
+     if p c then do s <- munch p; return (c:s)
+            else pfail
 
 choice :: [ReadP r a] -> ReadP r a
 -- ^ Combines all parsers in the specified list.
diff --git a/Distribution/PackageDescription/Check.hs b/Distribution/PackageDescription/Check.hs
index df3b401554c..e77aa7125c6 100644
--- a/Distribution/PackageDescription/Check.hs
+++ b/Distribution/PackageDescription/Check.hs
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ checkCabalVersion pkg =
     requiresAtLeast = case cabalVersionIntervals of
       (LowerBound ver' _,_):_ -> (ver' >=)
       _                       -> const False
-      where cabalVersionIntervals = asVersionIntervals (descCabalVersion pkg)
+     where cabalVersionIntervals = asVersionIntervals (descCabalVersion pkg)
 
     dataFilesUsingGlobSyntax     = filter usesGlobSyntax (dataFiles pkg)
     extraSrcFilesUsingGlobSyntax = filter usesGlobSyntax (extraSrcFiles pkg)
@@ -1069,7 +1069,7 @@ checkTarPath path
       Left err         -> Just err
       Right []         -> Nothing
       Right (_:_)      -> Just noSplit
-      where
+     where
         -- drop the '/' between the name and prefix:
         remainder = init first : rest
 
diff --git a/Distribution/ParseUtils.hs b/Distribution/ParseUtils.hs
index 234fc296e2e..16827380c9d 100644
--- a/Distribution/ParseUtils.hs
+++ b/Distribution/ParseUtils.hs
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ mkField d (Node (n,_,l) ts) = case span (\c -> isAlphaNum c || c == '-') l of
                                           (fieldValue rest' followingLines)
     rest'       -> do ts' <- mapM (mkField (d+1)) ts
                       return (Section n (map toLower name) rest' ts')
-    where fieldValue firstLine followingLines =
+ where    fieldValue firstLine followingLines =
             let firstLine' = trimLeading firstLine
                 followingLines' = map (\(_,_,s) -> stripDot s) followingLines
                 allLines | null firstLine' =              followingLines'
diff --git a/Distribution/Simple/Command.hs b/Distribution/Simple/Command.hs
index d8d1b0cdb2b..3806b9abe9d 100644
--- a/Distribution/Simple/Command.hs
+++ b/Distribution/Simple/Command.hs
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ commonFlags :: ShowOrParseArgs -> [GetOpt.OptDescr CommonFlag]
 commonFlags showOrParseArgs = case showOrParseArgs of
   ShowArgs  -> [help]
   ParseArgs -> [help, list]
-  where
+ where
     help = GetOpt.Option helpShortFlags ["help"] (GetOpt.NoArg HelpFlag)
              "Show this help text"
     helpShortFlags = case showOrParseArgs of
@@ -475,9 +475,9 @@ commandsRun globalCommand commands args =
         [Command _ _ action] -> CommandReadyToGo (flags, action cmdArgs)
         _                    -> CommandReadyToGo (flags, badCommand name)
       []                     -> CommandReadyToGo (flags, noCommand)
-      where flags = mkflags (commandDefaultFlags globalCommand)
+     where flags = mkflags (commandDefaultFlags globalCommand)
 
-  where
+ where
     lookupCommand cname = [ cmd | cmd@(Command cname' _ _) <- commands'
                           , cname'==cname ]
     noCommand        = CommandErrors ["no command given (try --help)\n"]
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ commandsRun globalCommand commands args =
                 _                -> CommandHelp globalHelp
             _                    -> badCommand name
 
-      where globalHelp = commandHelp globalCommand'
+     where globalHelp = commandHelp globalCommand'
     helpCommandUI =
       (makeCommand "help" "Help about commands" Nothing () (const [])) {
         commandUsage = \pname ->
diff --git a/Distribution/Simple/GHC.hs b/Distribution/Simple/GHC.hs
index c84ef4d20c3..0d1e031193a 100644
--- a/Distribution/Simple/GHC.hs
+++ b/Distribution/Simple/GHC.hs
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ ghcPackageDbOptions dbstack = case dbstack of
     | otherwise                -> "-no-user-package-conf"
                                 : concatMap specific dbs
   _                            -> ierror
-  where
+ where
     specific (SpecificPackageDB db) = [ "-package-conf", db ]
     specific _                      = []
     ierror = error "internal error: unexpected package db stack"
diff --git a/Distribution/Simple/LHC.hs b/Distribution/Simple/LHC.hs
index c8cdef82c78..b2fc19e1102 100644
--- a/Distribution/Simple/LHC.hs
+++ b/Distribution/Simple/LHC.hs
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ ghcPackageDbOptions dbstack = case dbstack of
   (GlobalPackageDB:dbs)               -> "-no-user-package-conf"
                                        : concatMap specific dbs
   _                                   -> ierror
-  where
+ where
     specific (SpecificPackageDB db) = [ "-package-conf", db ]
     specific _ = ierror
     ierror     = error "internal error: unexpected package db stack"
diff --git a/Distribution/Simple/PackageIndex.hs b/Distribution/Simple/PackageIndex.hs
index bfd45abae4e..ee9038ef8de 100644
--- a/Distribution/Simple/PackageIndex.hs
+++ b/Distribution/Simple/PackageIndex.hs
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ dependencyClosure :: PackageIndex
 dependencyClosure index pkgids0 = case closure mempty [] pkgids0 of
   (completed, []) -> Left completed
   (completed, _)  -> Right (brokenPackages completed)
-  where
+ where
     closure completed failed []             = (completed, failed)
     closure completed failed (pkgid:pkgids) = case lookupInstalledPackageId index pkgid of
       Nothing   -> closure completed (pkgid:failed) pkgids
diff --git a/Distribution/Simple/PreProcess.hs b/Distribution/Simple/PreProcess.hs
index 6fe078aeb9d..336f9135e7d 100644
--- a/Distribution/Simple/PreProcess.hs
+++ b/Distribution/Simple/PreProcess.hs
@@ -257,9 +257,9 @@ preprocessFile searchLoc buildLoc forSDist baseFile verbosity builtinSuffixes ha
                    (psrcLoc, psrcRelFile)
                    (buildLoc, srcStem <.> "hs") verbosity
 
-      where dirName = takeDirectory
-            tailNotNull [] = []
-            tailNotNull x  = tail x
+     where dirName = takeDirectory
+           tailNotNull [] = []
+           tailNotNull x  = tail x
 
 -- ------------------------------------------------------------
 -- * known preprocessors