diff --git a/examples/svm.py b/examples/svm.py
index 29dd28f116e11462713741a395d1029a9e5c79aa..a6036ea75fbe582005d0b5a07884ae0a9168da86 100644
--- a/examples/svm.py
+++ b/examples/svm.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ if has_coarse_grain_buffer_svm(dev):
     queue.finish()
 
     with svm_ary.map_ro(queue) as ary:
-        assert(np.array_equal(orig_ary*2, ary))
+        assert np.array_equal(orig_ary*2, ary)
 
     print(" done.")
 
diff --git a/pyopencl/__init__.py b/pyopencl/__init__.py
index 6420e5afbed7ac10f22ca23ea8caf6b36e9b94e6..0e880bc29c86be7ee906bdfdec1bd4e1a68a972a 100644
--- a/pyopencl/__init__.py
+++ b/pyopencl/__init__.py
@@ -1134,7 +1134,8 @@ def _add_functionality():
     # {{{ SVMAllocation
 
     if get_cl_header_version() >= (2, 0):
-        SVMAllocation.__doc__ = """An object whose lifetime is tied to an allocation of shared virtual memory.
+        SVMAllocation.__doc__ = """An object whose lifetime is tied to an
+            allocation of shared virtual memory.
 
             .. note::