diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index c6b113b8d0..0d27c8082c 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ commands = flake8
 deps = bashate
 whitelist_externals = bash
 commands = bash -c "find {toxinidir}          \
-         -not \( -type d -name .?\* -prune \) \ # prune all 'dot' dirs
-         -type f                              \ # only files
-         -not -name \*~                       \ # skip editors, readme, etc
+         -not \( -type d -name .?\* -prune \) \
+         -type f                              \
+         -not -name \*~                       \
          -not -name \*.md                     \
          -name \*.sh                          \
          -print0 | xargs -0 bashate -v"