diff --git a/Lib/distutils/file_util.py b/Lib/distutils/file_util.py
index 0e85a74b698..d05b456161e 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/file_util.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/file_util.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """distutils.file_util
 
-Utility functions for operating on single files."""
+Utility functions for operating on single files.
+"""
 
 # created 2000/04/03, Greg Ward (extracted from util.py)