diff --git a/net/devif/ipv6_input.c b/net/devif/ipv6_input.c
index 3a2a665903..0816630679 100644
--- a/net/devif/ipv6_input.c
+++ b/net/devif/ipv6_input.c
@@ -173,9 +173,9 @@ int ipv6_input(FAR struct net_driver_s *dev)
    * we set d_len to the correct value.
    *
    * The length reported in the IPv6 header is the length of the payload
-   * that follows the header. The device interface uses the d_len variable for
-   * holding the size of the entire packet, including the IP header but without 
-   * the link layer header.
+   * that follows the header.  The device interface uses the d_len variable
+   * for holding the size of the entire packet, including the IP header but
+   * without the link layer header.
    */
 
   pktlen = ((uint16_t)ipv6->len[0] << 8) + (uint16_t)ipv6->len[1] +