diff --git a/apps/openssl-vms.cnf b/apps/openssl-vms.cnf
index 59c6776a1e0e7..c141010e8ac07 100644
--- a/apps/openssl-vms.cnf
+++ b/apps/openssl-vms.cnf
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # defined.
 HOME			= .
 
- # Use this in order to automatically load providers.
+# Use this in order to automatically load providers.
 openssl_conf = openssl_init
 
 # Comment out the next line to ignore configuration errors
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ serial		= $dir]serial. 		# The current serial number
 crlnumber	= $dir]crlnumber.	# the current crl number
 					# must be commented out to leave a V1 CRL
 crl		= $dir]crl.pem 		# The current CRL
-private_key	= $dir.private]cakey.pem# The private key
+private_key	= $dir.private]cakey.pem # The private key
 
 x509_extensions	= usr_cert		# The extensions to add to the cert