diff --git a/swift/common/constraints.py b/swift/common/constraints.py
index 03a22e1049..005c7875f9 100644
--- a/swift/common/constraints.py
+++ b/swift/common/constraints.py
@@ -385,9 +385,11 @@ check_container_format = functools.partial(check_name_format,
 
 
 def valid_api_version(version):
-    """ Checks if the requested version is valid.
+    """
+    Checks if the requested version is valid.
 
-    Currently Swift only supports "v1" and "v1.0". """
+    Currently Swift only supports "v1" and "v1.0".
+    """
     global VALID_API_VERSIONS
     if not isinstance(VALID_API_VERSIONS, list):
         VALID_API_VERSIONS = [str(VALID_API_VERSIONS)]
diff --git a/swift/common/ring/builder.py b/swift/common/ring/builder.py
index ef4f095a95..6f4066b4d0 100644
--- a/swift/common/ring/builder.py
+++ b/swift/common/ring/builder.py
@@ -1693,13 +1693,13 @@ class RingBuilder(object):
         return matched_devs
 
     def increase_partition_power(self):
-        """ Increases ring partition power by one.
+        """
+        Increases ring partition power by one.
 
         Devices will be assigned to partitions like this:
 
         OLD: 0, 3, 7, 5, 2, 1, ...
         NEW: 0, 0, 3, 3, 7, 7, 5, 5, 2, 2, 1, 1, ...
-
         """
 
         new_replica2part2dev = []
diff --git a/test/unit/cli/test_ringbuilder.py b/test/unit/cli/test_ringbuilder.py
index e36d447279..b3e33acb54 100644
--- a/test/unit/cli/test_ringbuilder.py
+++ b/test/unit/cli/test_ringbuilder.py
@@ -132,7 +132,8 @@ class TestCommands(unittest.TestCase, RunSwiftRingBuilderMixin):
                 self.fail(msg)
 
     def create_sample_ring(self, part_power=6):
-        """ Create a sample ring with four devices
+        """
+        Create a sample ring with four devices
 
         At least four devices are needed to test removing
         a device, since having less devices than replicas
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 6780a68416..bee5ada633 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -100,12 +100,10 @@ commands = bandit -c bandit.yaml -r swift -n 5
 # H202: assertRaises Exception too broad
 # H301: one import per line
 # H306: imports not in alphabetical order (time, os)
-# H401: docstring should not start with a space
-# H403: multi line docstrings should end on a new line
 # H404: multi line docstring should start without a leading new line
 # H405: multi line docstring summary not separated with an empty line
 # H501: Do not use self.__dict__ for string formatting
-ignore = H101,H202,H301,H306,H401,H403,H404,H405,H501
+ignore = H101,H202,H301,H306,H404,H405,H501
 exclude = .venv,.tox,dist,*egg
 filename = *.py,bin/*
 show-source = True