diff --git a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/regsubst.rb b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/regsubst.rb
index 067d75c51..c79983351 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/regsubst.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/regsubst.rb
@@ -1,93 +1,69 @@
 module Puppet::Parser::Functions
     newfunction(:regsubst, :type => :rvalue,
-		:doc => "\
-	Perform regexp replacement on a string.
+		:doc => "
+                Perform regexp replacement on a string. Parameters (in order):
 
-	Parameters (in order):
+:str:  The string to operate on.
 
-	:str:
-		The string to operate on.
+:regexp:  The regular expression matching the string.  If you want it anchored at the start and or end of the string, you must do that with ^ and $ yourself.
 
-	:regexp:
-		The regular expression matching the string.  If you want it
-		anchored at the start and/or end of the string, you must do
-		that with ^ and $ yourself.
+:replacement:  Replacement string. Can contain back references to what was matched using 0, 1, and so on.
 
-	:replacement:
-		Replacement string.  Can contain back references to what was
-		matched using \\0, \\1, and so on.
+:flags:  Optional. String of single letter flags for how the regexp is interpreted:
 
-	:flags:
-		Optional.  String of single letter flags for how the regexp
-		is interpreted:
+    - **E**         Extended regexps
+    - **I**         Ignore case in regexps
+    - **M**         Multiline regexps
+    - **G**         Global replacement; all occurrences of the regexp in the string will be replaced.  Without this, only the first occurrence will be replaced.
 
-		- **E**
-			Extended regexps
-		- **I**
-			Ignore case in regexps
-		- **M**
-			Multiline regexps
-		- **G**
-			Global replacement; all occurances of the regexp in
-			the string will be replaced.  Without this, only the
-			first occurance will be replaced.
+:lang:  Optional.  How to handle multibyte characters.  A single-character string with the following values:
+     
+     - **N**         None
+     - **E**         EUC
+     - **S**         SJIS
+     - **U**         UTF-8
 
-	:lang:
-		Optional.  How to handle multibyte characters.  A
-		single-character string with the following values:
+**Examples**
 
-		- **N**
-			None
-		- **E**
-			EUC
-		- **S**
-			SJIS
-		- **U**
-			UTF-8
+Get the third octet from the node's IP address::
 
-	**Examples**
+    $i3 = regsubst($ipaddress,'^([0-9]+)[.]([0-9]+)[.]([0-9]+)[.]([0-9]+)$','\\3')
 
-	Get the third octet from the node's IP address: ::
+Put angle brackets around each octet in the node's IP address::
 
-	    $i3 = regsubst($ipaddress,
-			   '^([0-9]+)[.]([0-9]+)[.]([0-9]+)[.]([0-9]+)$',
-			   '\\\\3')
-
-	Put angle brackets around each octet in the node's IP address: ::
-
-	    $x = regsubst($ipaddress, '([0-9]+)', '<\\\\1>', 'G')
-	") \
-    do |args|
+    $x = regsubst($ipaddress, '([0-9]+)', '<\\1>', 'G')
+") \
+        do |args|
 	flag_mapping = {
 	    "E" => Regexp::EXTENDED,
 	    "I" => Regexp::IGNORECASE,
 	    "M" => Regexp::MULTILINE,
 	}
 	if args.length < 3  or  args.length > 5
 	    raise Puppet::ParseError, ("regsub(): wrong number of arguments" +
 				       " (#{args.length}; min 3, max 5)")
 	end
 	str, regexp, replacement, flags, lang = args
 	reflags = 0
 	global = false
 	(flags or "").each_byte do |f|
 	    f = f.chr
 	    if f == "G"
 		global = true
 	    else
 		fvalue = flag_mapping[f]
 		if !fvalue
 		    raise Puppet::ParseError, "regsub(): bad flag `#{f}'"
 		end
 		reflags |= fvalue
 	    end
 	end
 	re = Regexp.compile(regexp, reflags, lang)
 	if global
 	    result = str.gsub(re, replacement)
 	else
 	    result = str.sub(re, replacement)
 	end
 	return result
     end
 end
diff --git a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/sprintf.rb b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/sprintf.rb
index 79744104d..f6daeff49 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/sprintf.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/sprintf.rb
@@ -1,17 +1,12 @@
 module Puppet::Parser::Functions
     newfunction(:sprintf, :type => :rvalue,
-		:doc => "\
-	Perform printf-style formatting of text.
+		:doc => "Perform printf-style formatting of text.
 
-	The first parameter is format string describing how the rest of the
-	parameters should be formatted.  See the documentation for the
-	``Kernel::sprintf()`` function in Ruby for all the details.
-	") \
-    do |args|
+                         The first parameter is format string describing how the rest of the parameters should be formatted.  See the documentation for the ``Kernel::sprintf()`` function in Ruby for all the details.") do |args|
 	if args.length < 1
 	    raise Puppet::ParseError, 'sprintf() needs at least one argument'
 	end
 	fmt = args.shift()
 	return sprintf(fmt, *args)
     end
 end