diff --git a/setup/so-whiptail b/setup/so-whiptail
index 35c9f53ab..b5cf52a68 100755
--- a/setup/so-whiptail
+++ b/setup/so-whiptail
@@ -1040,14 +1040,11 @@ whiptail_net_method() {
 
 	EOM
 	local options=(
-		" Direct" ""
+		" Direct " ""
 	)
 	local proxy_desc="proxy the traffic for git, docker client, wget, curl, ${pkg_mngr}, and various other SO components through a separate server in your environment."
 
 	if [[ $is_minion ]]; then
-		local mngr_article
-		if [[ $is_distmanager ]]; then mngr_article="this"; else mngr_article="the"; fi
-
 		read -r -d '' options_msg <<- EOM
 		${options_msg}
 
@@ -1059,9 +1056,9 @@ whiptail_net_method() {
 		EOM
 		
 		options+=(
-			" Direct + Manager" ""
-			" Proxy" ""
-			" Proxy + Manager" ""
+			" Direct + Manager " ""
+			" Proxy " ""
+			" Proxy + Manager " ""
 		)
 		local height=25
 	else
@@ -1071,7 +1068,7 @@ whiptail_net_method() {
 			"Proxy" - ${proxy_desc}
 		EOM
 		options+=(
-			" Proxy" ""
+			" Proxy " ""
 		)
 		local height=17
 	fi