diff --git a/tests/lint/line_length.py b/tests/lint/line_length.py
index 2b82b190..9266936f 100755
--- a/tests/lint/line_length.py
+++ b/tests/lint/line_length.py
@@ -38,12 +38,11 @@ def endswithstring(line):
         True if line ends with string, False otherwise.
 
     """
-    return any(line.endswith(end)
-               for end in ('"', '",', '");', '";', '" \\', '];'))
+    return any(line.endswith(end) for end in ('"', '",', '");', '";', '" \\', '];'))
 
 
 def main():
-    """Check each file provided as a command line parameter
+    """Check each file provided as a command line parameter.
 
     Returns
     -------