diff -r 748c55375225 Doc/library/csv.rst
--- a/Doc/library/csv.rst	Fri May 29 09:06:24 2015 -0400
+++ b/Doc/library/csv.rst	Fri May 29 15:27:55 2015 -0500
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@
 
 .. attribute:: Dialect.skipinitialspace
 
-   When :const:`True`, whitespace immediately following the *delimiter* is ignored.
+   When :const:`True`, spaces immediately following the *delimiter* are ignored.
    The default is :const:`False`.
 
 
diff -r 748c55375225 Modules/_csv.c
--- a/Modules/_csv.c	Fri May 29 09:06:24 2015 -0400
+++ b/Modules/_csv.c	Fri May 29 15:27:55 2015 -0500
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@
             self->state = ESCAPED_CHAR;
         }
         else if (c == ' ' && dialect->skipinitialspace)
-            /* ignore space at start of field */
+            /* ignore spaces at start of field */
             ;
         else if (c == dialect->delimiter) {
             /* save empty field */
@@ -1526,9 +1526,9 @@
 "        quoting character.  It defaults to '\"'.\n"
 "    * delimiter - specifies a one-character string to use as the \n"
 "        field separator.  It defaults to ','.\n"
-"    * skipinitialspace - specifies how to interpret whitespace which\n"
-"        immediately follows a delimiter.  It defaults to False, which\n"
-"        means that whitespace immediately following a delimiter is part\n"
+"    * skipinitialspace - specifies how to interpret spaces which\n"
+"        immediately follow a delimiter.  It defaults to False, which\n"
+"        means that spaces immediately following a delimiter are part\n"
 "        of the following field.\n"
 "    * lineterminator -  specifies the character sequence which should \n"
 "        terminate rows.\n"