diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..068bd1c86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+root = true
+
+[*]
+charset=utf-8
+trim_trailing_whitespace = true
+insert_final_newline = true
+indent_style = space
+indent_size = 2
+
+[*.{py,sh,js}]
+indent_size = 4
+
+# Placeholder files
+[{*.gitkeep,__init__.py}]
+insert_final_newline = none
+
+# Tabs matter for Makefile and .gitmodules
+[{makefile*,Makefile*,*.mk,*.mak,*.makefile,*.Makefile,GNUmakefile,BSDmakefile,make.bat,Makevars*,*.gitmodules}]
+indent_style = tab
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index dc274272c..5ae193c94 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 The MIT License (MIT)
 
-Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation 
+Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -19,4 +19,3 @@ AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
 LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
 OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
 SOFTWARE.
-
diff --git a/R-package/LICENSE b/R-package/LICENSE
index dc274272c..5ae193c94 100644
--- a/R-package/LICENSE
+++ b/R-package/LICENSE
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 The MIT License (MIT)
 
-Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation 
+Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -19,4 +19,3 @@ AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
 LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
 OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
 SOFTWARE.
-
diff --git a/docs/Parameters.rst b/docs/Parameters.rst
index 476013b98..b213cf82d 100644
--- a/docs/Parameters.rst
+++ b/docs/Parameters.rst
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ Learning Control Parameters
 
 -  ``feature_fraction_bynode`` :raw-html:`<a id="feature_fraction_bynode" title="Permalink to this parameter" href="#feature_fraction_bynode">&#x1F517;&#xFE0E;</a>`, default = ``1.0``, type = double, aliases: ``sub_feature_bynode``, ``colsample_bynode``, constraints: ``0.0 < feature_fraction_bynode <= 1.0``
 
-   -  LightGBM will randomly select part of features on each tree node if ``feature_fraction_bynode`` smaller than ``1.0``. For example, if you set it to ``0.8``, LightGBM will select 80% of features at each tree node.
+   -  LightGBM will randomly select part of features on each tree node if ``feature_fraction_bynode`` smaller than ``1.0``. For example, if you set it to ``0.8``, LightGBM will select 80% of features at each tree node
 
    -  can be used to deal with over-fitting
 
diff --git a/include/LightGBM/config.h b/include/LightGBM/config.h
index b679aaed9..e08a8435e 100644
--- a/include/LightGBM/config.h
+++ b/include/LightGBM/config.h
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ struct Config {
   // alias = sub_feature_bynode, colsample_bynode
   // check = >0.0
   // check = <=1.0
-  // desc = LightGBM will randomly select part of features on each tree node if ``feature_fraction_bynode`` smaller than ``1.0``. For example, if you set it to ``0.8``, LightGBM will select 80% of features at each tree node.
+  // desc = LightGBM will randomly select part of features on each tree node if ``feature_fraction_bynode`` smaller than ``1.0``. For example, if you set it to ``0.8``, LightGBM will select 80% of features at each tree node
   // desc = can be used to deal with over-fitting
   // desc = **Note**: unlike ``feature_fraction``, this cannot speed up training
   // desc = **Note**: if both ``feature_fraction`` and ``feature_fraction_bynode`` are smaller than ``1.0``, the final fraction of each node is ``feature_fraction * feature_fraction_bynode``