diff --git a/src/uu/du/src/du.rs b/src/uu/du/src/du.rs
index ec1c735b0..bcc66c005 100644
--- a/src/uu/du/src/du.rs
+++ b/src/uu/du/src/du.rs
@@ -748,9 +748,9 @@ pub fn uu_app<'a>() -> Command<'a> {
             Arg::new(options::APPARENT_SIZE)
                 .long(options::APPARENT_SIZE)
                 .help(
-                    "print apparent sizes,  rather  than  disk  usage \
-                    although  the apparent  size is usually smaller, it may be larger due to holes \
-                    in ('sparse') files, internal  fragmentation,  indirect  blocks, and the like"
+                    "print apparent sizes, rather than disk usage \
+                    although the apparent size is usually smaller, it may be larger due to holes \
+                    in ('sparse') files, internal fragmentation, indirect blocks, and the like"
                 )
         )
         .arg(
@@ -759,8 +759,8 @@ pub fn uu_app<'a>() -> Command<'a> {
                 .long(options::BLOCK_SIZE)
                 .value_name("SIZE")
                 .help(
-                    "scale sizes  by  SIZE before printing them. \
-                    E.g., '-BM' prints sizes in units of 1,048,576 bytes.  See SIZE format below."
+                    "scale sizes by SIZE before printing them. \
+                    E.g., '-BM' prints sizes in units of 1,048,576 bytes. See SIZE format below."
                 )
         )
         .arg(
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ pub fn uu_app<'a>() -> Command<'a> {
                 .possible_values(&["atime", "access", "use", "ctime", "status", "birth", "creation"])
                 .help(
                     "show time of the last modification of any file in the \
-                    directory, or any of its subdirectories.  If WORD is given, show time as WORD instead \
+                    directory, or any of its subdirectories. If WORD is given, show time as WORD instead \
                     of modification time: atime, access, use, ctime, status, birth or creation"
                 )
         )