diff --git a/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminhelp.dm b/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminhelp.dm
index 4853a5ef34..3889872275 100644
--- a/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminhelp.dm
+++ b/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminhelp.dm
@@ -489,7 +489,9 @@ GLOBAL_DATUM_INIT(ahelp_tickets, /datum/admin_help_tickets, new)
 		return
 	if(handle_spam_prevention(msg,MUTE_ADMINHELP))
 		return
-
+	
+	msg = trim(msg)
+	
 	if(!msg)
 		return
 
diff --git a/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminpm.dm b/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminpm.dm
index 038e454a24..706c6e03bb 100644
--- a/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminpm.dm
+++ b/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminpm.dm
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
 
 	//clean the message if it's not sent by a high-rank admin
 	if(!check_rights(R_SERVER|R_DEBUG,0)||irc)//no sending html to the poor bots
-		msg = sanitize(copytext(msg,1,MAX_MESSAGE_LEN))
+		msg = trim(sanitize(copytext(msg,1,MAX_MESSAGE_LEN)))
 		if(!msg)
 			return