diff --git a/src/utils/NewChromsweep/NewChromsweep.cpp b/src/utils/NewChromsweep/NewChromsweep.cpp
index af5ffc4b77e734992a8e5a434405b7be9221b2ab..0b12106f1bfce1f0f5968d4cfeedd468061b9af4 100644
--- a/src/utils/NewChromsweep/NewChromsweep.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/NewChromsweep/NewChromsweep.cpp
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ void NewChromSweep::testThatAllDbChromsExistInQuery()
 			if (qTrack->find(chrom) == qTrack->end()) {
 				fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: Database file %s contains chromosome %s, but the query file does not.\n",
 						_context->getInputFileName(i).c_str(), chrom.c_str());
-				fprintf(stderr, "\t Please re-reun with the -g option for a genome file.\n\t See documentation for details.\n");
+				fprintf(stderr, "       Please re-reun with the -g option for a genome file.\n       See documentation for details.\n");
 				exit(1);
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/test/intersect/sortAndNaming/test-sort-and-naming.sh b/test/intersect/sortAndNaming/test-sort-and-naming.sh
index 4d71010e1ee061fac6b9655cd31c475cdd680bc0..28c1596214270c4845fc4490c305ec905f7ffa0b 100644
--- a/test/intersect/sortAndNaming/test-sort-and-naming.sh
+++ b/test/intersect/sortAndNaming/test-sort-and-naming.sh
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ rm obs
 echo "    intersect.t04...\c"
 echo \
 "ERROR: Database file db1_num.bed contains chromosome chr3, but the query file does not.
-	 Please re-reun with the -g option for a genome file.
-	 See documentation for details." >exp
+       Please re-reun with the -g option for a genome file.
+       See documentation for details." >exp
 $BT intersect -a q1_num.bed -b db1_num.bed db2_num.bed -sorted 2>&1 > /dev/null | cat - > obs
 check obs exp
 rm obs