diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 11d72a4e..dc2357b5 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@
 # doing this import will cause an EPICS context to be created, and it will also
 # register an atexit function to delete it.
 # If we were to import aioca first it would create an EPICS context, note it has
-# created it, then try to delete it in its own atexit function which will collide
-# with cothread's attempts to do the same (despite the fact in this configuration
-# cothread did not create the context)
+# created it, then try to delete it in its own atexit function which will
+# collide with cothread's attempts to do the same (despite the fact in this
+# configuration cothread did not create the context)
 import cothread.catools
 
 from softioc import builder