diff --git a/src/compas/rpc/__init__.py b/src/compas/rpc/__init__.py
index 5fb7058af67..c34107367d5 100644
--- a/src/compas/rpc/__init__.py
+++ b/src/compas/rpc/__init__.py
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 COMPAS runs in many different environments, but in some environments the availablity of libraries is limited.
 For example, when running COMPAS in an IronPython-based environment like Rhino/Grasshopper,
 plenty of CPython libraries such as `numpy` and `scipy` are not available.
-To workaround this limitation, COMPAS provides a mechanisms to access the functionality of a CPython environment seemlessly from any other Python environment through a "Remote Procedure Call" or RPC.
+To workaround this limitation, COMPAS provides a mechanisms to access the functionality of a CPython environment
+seemlessly from any other Python environment through a "Remote Procedure Call" or RPC.
 Through RPC, COMPAS can be used as a server for remote clients, and as a client for remote servers.
-A typical use case is to run algorithms that require packages like ``numpy`` or ``scipy`` on a remote server, when working in Rhino.
-Or to use COMPAS in a browser application.
+A typical use case is to run algorithms that require packages like ``numpy`` or ``scipy`` on a remote server,
+when working in Rhino. Or to use COMPAS in a browser application.
 """
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import
diff --git a/tests/compas/test_iotools.py b/tests/compas/test_iotools.py
index 59a03962074..2154559add3 100644
--- a/tests/compas/test_iotools.py
+++ b/tests/compas/test_iotools.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def test_open_file_object_text(path_text):
 
 
 def test_open_file_memory_stream():
-    text = b"All Gaul is divided into three parts, one of which the Belgae inhabit, the Aquitani another, those who in their own language are called Celts, in our Gauls, the third."
+    text = b"All Gaul is divided into three parts, one of which the Belgae inhabit, the Aquitani another, those who in their own language are called Celts, in our Gauls, the third."  # noqa: E501
     data = io.BytesIO(text)
     with _iotools.open_file(data, mode="rb") as f:
         assert f.read() == text