diff --git a/lib/damask/test/test.py b/lib/damask/test/test.py
index cffc318a6..b64485234 100644
--- a/lib/damask/test/test.py
+++ b/lib/damask/test/test.py
@@ -468,9 +468,7 @@ class Test():
                      rtol = 1e-5,
                      atol = 1e-8,
                      debug = False):
-    """
-    compare tables with np.allclose
-    """
+    """ compare tables with np.allclose """
     if not (isinstance(files, Iterable) and not isinstance(files, str)):       # check whether list of files is requested
       files = [str(files)]