diff --git a/libbeat/scripts/generate_fields_docs.py b/libbeat/scripts/generate_fields_docs.py
index 70791400cba..ecedb17d7b6 100644
--- a/libbeat/scripts/generate_fields_docs.py
+++ b/libbeat/scripts/generate_fields_docs.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 
 def document_fields(output, section, sections, path):
-    if  "skipdocs" in section:
+    if "skipdocs" in section:
         return
     if "anchor" in section:
         output.write("[[exported-fields-{}]]\n".format(section["anchor"]))
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ def fields_to_asciidoc(input, output, beat):
         if "anchor" not in section:
             section["anchor"] = section["key"]
 
-        if  "skipdocs" not in section:
+        if "skipdocs" not in section:
             output.write("* <<exported-fields-{}>>\n".format(section["anchor"]))
     output.write("\n--\n")