diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 02d39620b2d..fb176592457 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ Team members who focus specifically on eslint.org
 <table><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" width="11%">
 <a href="https://github.com/amareshsm">
 <img src="https://github.com/amareshsm.png?s=75" width="75" height="75"><br />
-Amaresh  S M 
+Amaresh  S M
 </a>
 </td><td align="center" valign="top" width="11%">
 <a href="https://github.com/harish-sethuraman">
diff --git a/tools/update-readme.js b/tools/update-readme.js
index ca2dcb9c71b..4564df0b603 100644
--- a/tools/update-readme.js
+++ b/tools/update-readme.js
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ function formatTeamMembers(members) {
         members.map((member, index) => `<td align="center" valign="top" width="11%">
             <a href="https://github.com/${member.username}">
                 <img src="https://github.com/${member.username}.png?s=75" width="75" height="75"><br />
-                ${member.name}
+                ${member.name.trim()}
             </a>
             </td>${(index + 1) % 9 === 0 ? "</tr><tr>" : ""}`).join("")
         }</tr></tbody></table>`;