diff --git a/requests/api.py b/requests/api.py
index 0b24e0ff..b2ce1a96 100644
--- a/requests/api.py
+++ b/requests/api.py
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ def patch(url, data=None, **kwargs):
     :rtype: requests.Response
     """
 
-    return request('patch', url,  data=data, **kwargs)
+    return request('patch', url, data=data, **kwargs)
 
 
 def delete(url, **kwargs):