diff --git a/tools/gen-cpydiff.py b/tools/gen-cpydiff.py
index 4ba46d2a6e..127c41ce1c 100644
--- a/tools/gen-cpydiff.py
+++ b/tools/gen-cpydiff.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 
 
 def readfiles():
-    """ Reads test files """
+    """Reads test files"""
     tests = list(filter(lambda x: x.endswith(".py"), os.listdir(TESTPATH)))
     tests.sort()
     files = []
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ def readfiles():
 
 
 def uimports(code):
-    """ converts CPython module names into MicroPython equivalents """
+    """converts CPython module names into MicroPython equivalents"""
     for uimport in UIMPORTLIST:
         uimport = bytes(uimport, "utf8")
         code = code.replace(b"import " + uimport, b"import u" + uimport + b" as " + uimport)
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ def clean_output(output):
 
 
 def run_tests(tests):
-    """ executes all tests """
+    """executes all tests"""
     results = []
     for test in tests:
         with open(TESTPATH + test.name, "rb") as f:
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ def run_tests(tests):
 
 
 def indent(block, spaces):
-    """ indents paragraphs of text for rst formatting """
+    """indents paragraphs of text for rst formatting"""
     new_block = ""
     for line in block.split("\n"):
         new_block += spaces + line + "\n"
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ def indent(block, spaces):
 
 
 def gen_table(contents):
-    """ creates a table given any set of columns """
+    """creates a table given any set of columns"""
     xlengths = []
     ylengths = []
     for column in contents:
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ def gen_table(contents):
 
 
 def gen_rst(results):
-    """ creates restructured text documents to display tests """
+    """creates restructured text documents to display tests"""
 
     # make sure the destination directory exists
     try:
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ def gen_rst(results):
 
 
 def main():
-    """ Main function """
+    """Main function"""
 
     # set search path so that test scripts find the test modules (and no other ones)
     os.environ["PYTHONPATH"] = TESTPATH