diff --git a/Doc/Tutorial/chapter_align.tex b/Doc/Tutorial/chapter_align.tex
index 4e2a03292..a8d01794d 100644
--- a/Doc/Tutorial/chapter_align.tex
+++ b/Doc/Tutorial/chapter_align.tex
@@ -913,7 +913,6 @@ The \verb|Alignments| (plural) class inherits from \verb|AlignmentsAbstractBaseC
 %cont-doctest
 \begin{minted}{pycon}
 >>> from Bio.Align import Alignments
-
 >>> alignment_list = [alignment1, alignment2, alignment3]
 >>> for item in alignment_list:
 ...     print(repr(item))  # doctest: +ELLIPSIS
@@ -921,14 +920,12 @@ The \verb|Alignments| (plural) class inherits from \verb|AlignmentsAbstractBaseC
 <Alignment object (2 rows x 24 columns) at ...>
 <Alignment object (2 rows x 8 columns) at ...>
 <Alignment object (2 rows x 19 columns) at ...>
-
 >>> for item in alignment_list:
 ...     print(repr(item))  # doctest: +ELLIPSIS
 ...
 <Alignment object (2 rows x 24 columns) at ...>
 <Alignment object (2 rows x 8 columns) at ...>
 <Alignment object (2 rows x 19 columns) at ...>
-
 >>> alignments = Alignments([alignment1, alignment2, alignment3])
 >>> for item in alignments:
 ...     print(repr(item))  # doctest: +ELLIPSIS
@@ -936,7 +933,6 @@ The \verb|Alignments| (plural) class inherits from \verb|AlignmentsAbstractBaseC
 <Alignment object (2 rows x 24 columns) at ...>
 <Alignment object (2 rows x 8 columns) at ...>
 <Alignment object (2 rows x 19 columns) at ...>
-
 >>> for item in alignments:
 ...     print(repr(item))  # doctest: +ELLIPSIS
 ...
diff --git a/Doc/Tutorial/chapter_pdb.tex b/Doc/Tutorial/chapter_pdb.tex
index 5f1dc7c18..00b8dcb51 100644
--- a/Doc/Tutorial/chapter_pdb.tex
+++ b/Doc/Tutorial/chapter_pdb.tex
@@ -1287,8 +1287,6 @@ To begin, we extract the distances and chirality values from `myChain':
 
 %cont-doctest
 \begin{minted}{pycon}
->>> # build structure from distance plot:
-
 >>> ## create the all-atom distance plot
 >>> distances = myCic.distance_plot()
 >>> ## get the signs of the dihedral angles