diff --git a/scripts/banner.nse b/scripts/banner.nse
index 9736c1b1d..55b2a6cdd 100644
--- a/scripts/banner.nse
+++ b/scripts/banner.nse
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ increase in the level of verbosity requested on the command line.
 -- |_ banner: 220 FTP version 1.0\x0D\x0A
 
 
-author      = "jah <jah at zadkiel.plus.com>"
-license     = "See Nmap License: http://nmap.org/book/man-legal.html"
-categories  = {"discovery", "safe"}
+author = "jah <jah at zadkiel.plus.com>"
+license = "See Nmap License: http://nmap.org/book/man-legal.html"
+categories = {"discovery", "safe"}
 
 
 
diff --git a/scripts/dns-zone-transfer.nse b/scripts/dns-zone-transfer.nse
index 53791f7ea..1b7fa33e4 100644
--- a/scripts/dns-zone-transfer.nse
+++ b/scripts/dns-zone-transfer.nse
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ require('bit')
 require('tab')
 require('dns')
 
-author = 'Eddie Bell'
+author = "Eddie Bell"
 license = 'Same as Nmap--See http://nmap.org/book/man-legal.html'
 categories = {'default', 'intrusive', 'discovery'}
 
diff --git a/scripts/ftp-bounce.nse b/scripts/ftp-bounce.nse
index e14bd66a7..394e54817 100644
--- a/scripts/ftp-bounce.nse
+++ b/scripts/ftp-bounce.nse
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 description=[[
 Checks to see if an FTP server allows port scanning using the FTP bounce method.
 ]]
-author="Marek Majkowski <majek04<at>gmail.com>"
+author = "Marek Majkowski"
 license="Same as Nmap--See http://nmap.org/book/man-legal.html"
 
 categories = {"default", "intrusive"}
diff --git a/scripts/realvnc-auth-bypass.nse b/scripts/realvnc-auth-bypass.nse
index c4799da21..b94f86263 100644
--- a/scripts/realvnc-auth-bypass.nse
+++ b/scripts/realvnc-auth-bypass.nse
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ description = [[
 Checks if a VNC server is vulnerable to the RealVNC authentication bypass
 (CVE-2006-2369).
 ]]
-author = "Brandon Enright" 
+author = "Brandon Enright"
 license = "Same as Nmap--See http://nmap.org/book/man-legal.html"
 
 categories = {"default", "vuln", "safe"}
diff --git a/scripts/skypev2-version.nse b/scripts/skypev2-version.nse
index 6aab97cf7..1d2e1db91 100644
--- a/scripts/skypev2-version.nse
+++ b/scripts/skypev2-version.nse
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 description = [[
 Detects the Skype version 2 service.
 ]]
-author = "Brandon Enright" 
+author = "Brandon Enright"
 license = "Same as Nmap--See http://nmap.org/book/man-legal.html"
 categories = {"version"}
 
diff --git a/scripts/whois.nse b/scripts/whois.nse
index 5aeaa9a5e..cb6486a2e 100644
--- a/scripts/whois.nse
+++ b/scripts/whois.nse
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ the RIRs.
 -- |  orgid: INSEC
 -- |_ country: US stateprov: CA
 
-author      = "jah <jah at zadkiel.plus.com>"
-license     = "See Nmap License: http://nmap.org/book/man-legal.html"
-categories  = {"discovery", "external", "safe"}
+author = "jah <jah at zadkiel.plus.com>"
+license = "See Nmap License: http://nmap.org/book/man-legal.html"
+categories = {"discovery", "external", "safe"}
 
 local url    = require "url"
 local http   = require "http"