diff --git a/topics/persistence.md b/topics/persistence.md
index 3162c72eac..8d6df85ec5 100644
--- a/topics/persistence.md
+++ b/topics/persistence.md
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ There are many users using AOF alone, but we discourage it since to have an
 RDB snapshot from time to time is a great idea for doing database backups,
 for faster restarts, and in the event of bugs in the AOF engine.
 
-Note: for all this reasons we'll likely end unifying AOF and RDB into a single persistence model in the future (long term plan).4
+Note: for all this reasons we'll likely end unifying AOF and RDB into a single persistence model in the future (long term plan).
 
 The following sections will illustrate a few more details about the two persistence models.
 
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ this problem using the following procedure:
 Redis:
 
       $ redis-check-aof --fix <filename>
-    
+
 * Optionally use `diff -u` to check what is the difference between two
 files.