diff --git a/pep-0008.txt b/pep-0008.txt
index 9983c34b8..9b52bebb8 100644
--- a/pep-0008.txt
+++ b/pep-0008.txt
@@ -550,7 +550,6 @@ Conventions for writing good documentation strings
       """Return a foobang
 
       Optional plotz says to frobnicate the bizbaz first.
-
       """
 
 - For one liner docstrings, it's okay to keep the closing ``"""`` on