diff --git a/python/lsst/alert/packet/updateSchema.py b/python/lsst/alert/packet/updateSchema.py
index 29f12bf..7372caa 100644
--- a/python/lsst/alert/packet/updateSchema.py
+++ b/python/lsst/alert/packet/updateSchema.py
@@ -53,9 +53,11 @@ def write_schema(schema, schema_name, version, path, update_version=False):
     if update_version is True:
 
         version = version.split('.')
-        schema['namespace'] = schema['namespace'][0:-1] + str(int(version[1]) + 1)
+        schema['namespace'] = schema['namespace'][0:-1] + \
+                              str(int(version[1]) + 1)
         updated_schema_loc = path[0:-1] + str(int(version[1]) + 1)
-        updated_schema_name = schema['namespace'] + '.' + schema['name'] + '.avsc'
+        updated_schema_name = schema['namespace'] + '.' \
+                              + schema['name'] + '.avsc'
 
         if not os.path.exists(updated_schema_loc):
             os.mkdir(updated_schema_loc)
@@ -89,7 +91,8 @@ def update_schema(apdb_filepath, update_version=False):
     Parameters
     ----------
     apdb_filepath: `string`
-        Input string for the apdb.yaml file where the docstrings will be compared.
+        Input string for the apdb.yaml file where the docstrings
+        will be compared.
 
     update_version: 'bool'
         If True, version will be updated minor version one number.