diff --git a/ui/org.eclipse.pde.core/src/org/eclipse/pde/internal/core/TracingOptionsManager.java b/ui/org.eclipse.pde.core/src/org/eclipse/pde/internal/core/TracingOptionsManager.java
index 5d53461899e..cca17177a92 100644
--- a/ui/org.eclipse.pde.core/src/org/eclipse/pde/internal/core/TracingOptionsManager.java
+++ b/ui/org.eclipse.pde.core/src/org/eclipse/pde/internal/core/TracingOptionsManager.java
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ private static Properties getOptions(IPluginModelBase model) {
 	private static void loadComments(InputStream stream, Properties modelOptions) throws IOException {
 		String prevComment = ""; //$NON-NLS-1$
 		try (BufferedReader bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(
-				// Properties.store() always uses ISO_8859_1 encoding
+				// Properties.store() always uses ISO_8859_1 encoding 
 				new InputStreamReader(stream, StandardCharsets.ISO_8859_1))) {
 			for (String line; (line = bufferedReader.readLine()) != null;) {
 				if (line.startsWith("#") || line.trim().isEmpty()) { //$NON-NLS-1$